Palaeoloxodon xylophagou Athanassiou 2015 (elephant)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Belongs to Palaeoloxodon according to A. Athanassiou et al. 2019

See also Athanassiou et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) cephallonicus, Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) tokunagai, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi, Palaeoloxodon cypriotes, Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi, Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis, Palaeoloxodon namadicus, Palaeoloxodon naumanni, Palaeoloxodon recki, Palaeoloxodon tiliensis, Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Palaeoloxodon xylophagou in the database

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