Progomphotherium maraisi Pickford 2003 (gomphothere)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Full reference: M. Pickford. 2003. New Proboscidea from the Miocene strata in th elower Orange River Valley, Namibia. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia 19:207-256

Belongs to Progomphotherium according to M. Pickford 2003

See also Sanders et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AM 1’95, a partial skull. Its type locality is Auchas Pit AM 02, which is in a Miocene/Miocene channel siliciclastic in Namibia.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of Namibia (1 collection), Uganda (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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