†Progomphotherium maraisi Pickford 2003 (gomphothere)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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