Stegolophodon cautleyi Lydekker 1886 (proboscidean)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Stegodontidae

Alternative combination: Mastodon cautleyi

Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1886. Indian Tertiary vertebrate: Siwaliks. Mammalia. Paleontologica Indica 10(4):1-22

Belongs to Stegolophodon according to K. Samiullah et al. 2015

See also Lydekker 1886

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

Type specimen: Brit. Mus. M. 2705, a tooth.

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Piram Island (Miocene of India)

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