Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:15-89
Parent taxon: Elephas according to R. Lydekker 1880
See also Leidy 1858
Sister taxa: Elephas (Loxodon), Elephas beyeri, Elephas clifti, Elephas ekorensis, Elephas falconeri, Elephas maximus, Elephas melitensis, Elephas moghrebiensis, Elephas nawataensis, Elephas planifrons, Elephas priscus, Mastodon elephantoides, Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi, Palaeoloxodon recki, Palaeoloxodon cypriotes, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, Palaeoloxodon naumanni, Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) tokunagai, Palaeoloxodon tiliensis, Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis, Palaeoloxodon xylophagou, Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi, Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) cephallonicus
Subtaxa: Elephas (Euelephas) hysudricus Elephas (Euelephas) namadicus
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
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