Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Alternative combinations: Mammuthus planifrons, Protelephas planifrons
Belongs to Elephas according to V. J. Maglio 1973
See also Garutt 1957 and Gulec et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Elephas (Euelephas), Elephas (Loxodon), Elephas beyeri, Elephas clifti, Elephas ekorensis, Elephas falconeri, Elephas hysudricus, Elephas hysudrindicus, Elephas jolensis, Elephas kiangnanensis, Elephas maximus, Elephas melitensis, Elephas moghrebiensis, Elephas nawataensis, Elephas platycephalus, Elephas priscus
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Azerbaijan (1 collection), Türkiye (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Nepal (1)
• Pliocene of India (4), Italy (1), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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