Mammalia - Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae
Parent taxon: Choerolophodontidae according to D. Mothé et al. 2016
See also Carroll 1988, Geraads et al. 2005, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sanders et al. 2010, Shoshani and Tassy 1996, Shoshani and Tassy 2005, Theodorou et al. 2003 and Tsoukala et al. 2007
Sister taxon: Afrochoerodon
Subtaxa: Choerolophodon anatolicus Choerolophodon chioticus Choerolophodon corrugatus Choerolophodon pentelici
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Egypt (1 collection)
• Turolian of Bulgaria (3), Greece (7), Türkiye (1)
• Miocene of Bulgaria (1), Georgia (1), Greece (22), Iraq (1), Italy (1), Kenya (1), Libya (1), Moldova (3), Pakistan (5), Romania (1), Syria (1), Tunisia (1), Türkiye (5), Ukraine (3)
Total: 59 collections including 61 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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