†Protanancus Arambourg 1945 (gomphothere)
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Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Parent taxon: Amebelodontinae according to S.-Q. Wang et al. 2017
See also Carroll 1988, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sanders et al. 2010, Shoshani and Tassy 1996 and Shoshani and Tassy 2005
Sister taxa: Afromastodon, Amebelodon, Archaeobelodon, Platybelodon, Platybelodontinae, Progomphotherium
Subtaxa: Protanancus macinnesi
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (4 collections), Pakistan (2), Thailand (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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