Stegodon hypsilophus Hooijer 1954 (elephant)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Full reference: D. A. Hooijer. 1954. A pygmy Stegodon from the Middle Pleistocene of Eastern Java. Zoologische Mededelingen 33(14):91-102

Belongs to Stegodon according to D. A. Hooijer 1954

Sister taxa: Stegodon aurorae, Stegodon bombifrons, Stegodon elephantoides, Stegodon florensis, Stegodon ganesa, Stegodon insignis, Stegodon kaisensis, Stegodon luzonensis, Stegodon mediterraneus, Stegodon miensis, Stegodon mindanensis, Stegodon namadicus, Stegodon preorientalis, Stegodon rathiansis, Stegodon sompoensis, Stegodon sondaari, Stegodon sumbaensis, Stegodon syrticus, Stegodon trigonocephalus, Stegodon yuanmouensis, Stegodon zdanskyi, Stegodon zhaotongensis

Type specimen: eol. Mus. Leiden nos. 27837, a tooth (right M3).

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Kedung Brubus (Quaternary of Indonesia)

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