†suborder Barytherioidea Andrews 1906 (proboscidean)
Parent taxon: Proboscidea according to E. Gheerbrant et al. 2002
See also Carroll 1988 and Sanders et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Arcanotherium, Caenobasileus, Caenobasileus tremontigerus, Choerolophodontidae, Cryptomastodon, Deinotheriidae, Deinotherioidea, Dinotherioidea, Elephantiformes, Eritherium, Euelephantoidea, Gomphotheriidae, Hemimastodontidae, Mastodontidae, Mastodontoidea, Moeritherioidea, Neodesmostylus, Phiomia, Plesielephantiformes, Saloumia
Subtaxa: Barytheriidae Numidotheriidae
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution: