Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Alternative combinations: Elephas africanavus, Loxodonta africanavus
Full reference: C. Arambourg. 1952. Les vertébrés fossiles des gisments de phosphates (Maroc- Algérie- Tunisie). Service Geologique du Maroc, Notes et Mémoires 92:1-372
Belongs to Mammuthus according to W. J. Sanders et al. 2010
See also Arambourg 1952 and Michel 1988
Sister taxa: Mammuthus chosaricus, Mammuthus columbi, Mammuthus creticus, Mammuthus exilis, Mammuthus hayi, Mammuthus lamarmorae, Mammuthus meridionalis, Mammuthus paramammonteus, Mammuthus primigenius, Mammuthus rumanus, Mammuthus subplanifrons, Mammuthus trogontherii, Mammuthus weifangensis, Mammuthus wusti, Archidiskodon haroldcooki, Archidiskodon gromovi, Archidiskodon celebensis
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution: found only at Khemis (Ouled Haj) (Quaternary of Morocco)
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