Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Alternative combination: Archidiskodon weifangensis
Full reference: C. Jin. 1983. A new fossil elephant from Weixian, Shandong province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 21(3):255-265
Belongs to Mammuthus according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997
See also Jin 1983
Sister taxa: Mammuthus africanavus, 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 wusti, Archidiskodon gromovi, Archidiskodon celebensis, Archidiskodon haroldcooki
Type specimen: IVPP V.6263. Its type locality is Wujiacun village, which is in a Pleistocene/Pleistocene lacustrine sandstone in China.
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution: found only at Wujiacun village
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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