†family Choerolophodontidae Gaziry 1976 (proboscidean)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae

Alternative spelling: Choerolophodontinae

Parent taxon: Proboscidea according to D. Mothé et al. 2016

See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Sanders et al. 2010, Sanders and Miller 2002, Shoshani and Tassy 2005 and Tsoukala et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Arcanotherium, Barytherioidea, Caenobasileus, Caenobasileus tremontigerus, Cryptomastodon, Deinotherioidea, Dinotherioidea, Elephantiformes, Elephantimorpha, Eritherium, Euelephantoidea, Gomphotheriidae, Hemimastodontidae, Mastodontidae, Mastodontoidea, Moeritherioidea, Neodesmostylus, Phiomia, Plesielephantiformes, Saloumia

Subtaxa: Afrochoerodon Choerolophodon

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Type: Choerolophodon

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of Bulgaria (4 collections), Egypt (1), Greece (25), Iraq (1), Italy (1), Kenya (4), Pakistan (5), Romania (1), Tunisia (1), Turkey (6), Ukraine (2)

Total: 51 collections each including a single occurrence

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