Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Alternative combination: Elephas creticus
Full reference: D. Bate. 1907. On elephant remains from Crete, with description of Elephas creticus n. sp. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1907:238-250
Belongs to Mammuthus according to A. Athanassiou et al. 2019
See also Bate 1907
Sister taxa: Mammuthus africanavus, Mammuthus chosaricus, Mammuthus columbi, Mammuthus exilis, Mammuthus hayi, Mammuthus lamarmorae, Mammuthus meridionalis, Mammuthus paramammonteus, Mammuthus primigenius, Mammuthus rumanus, Mammuthus subplanifrons, Mammuthus trogontherii, Mammuthus weifangensis, Mammuthus wusti, Archidiskodon celebensis, Archidiskodon haroldcooki, Archidiskodon gromovi
Type specimen: AMPG-901, a tooth (upper right third molar). Its type locality is Cape Maleka 1, which is in a Pleistocene/Pleistocene cave sandstone in Greece.
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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