Mammalia - Proboscidea - Stegodontidae

Alternative combinations: Stegodon primitium, Stegotetrabelodon primitium

Synonyms: Stegolophodon banguoensis Tang et al. 1974, Stegotetrabelodon gomphotheroides Ji and Zhang 1997, Stegotetrabelodon jiangyiensis Ji and Zhang 1997

Belongs to Stegolophodon according to H. Saegusa et al. 2005

See also Tang et al. 1974 and Tobien et al. 1988

Sister taxa: Stegolophodon cautleyi, Stegolophodon iravaticus, Stegolophodon pseudolatidens, Stegolophodon sahabianus, Stegolophodon stegodontoides

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Shagou Formation, Banguo Basin, Yuanmou District, Yunnan (Pliocene of China)

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