Elephas planifrons Falconer and Cautley 1846 (elephant)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Alternative combination: Protelephas planifrons

Belongs to Elephas according to V. J. Maglio 1973

See also Garutt 1957

Sister taxa: Elephas (Euelephas), Elephas (Loxodon), Elephas beyeri, Elephas clifti, Elephas ekorensis, Elephas falconeri, Elephas maximus, Elephas melitensis, Elephas moghrebiensis, Elephas nawataensis, Elephas priscus, Mastodon elephantoides, Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi, Palaeoloxodon xylophagou, Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) tokunagai, Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) cephallonicus, Palaeoloxodon tiliensis, Palaeoloxodon cypriotes, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi, Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis, Palaeoloxodon recki, Palaeoloxodon naumanni

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Azerbaijan (1 collection)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Nepal (1)

• Pliocene of India (4), Italy (1), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.