Parent taxon: Proboscidea according to J. Shoshani et al. 2006
See also Christiansen 2007, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Sach and Heizmann 2001, Sanders 1999, Sanders 2007, Sanders et al. 2010, Sanders and Miller 2002, Shoshani and Tassy 1996, Shoshani and Tassy 2005 and Wang et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Arcanotherium, Barytherioidea, Caenobasileus, Caenobasileus tremontigerus, Choerolophodontidae, Cryptomastodon, Deinotherioidea, Deinotherioidea, Dinotherioidea, Elephantimorpha, Eritherium, Euelephantoidea, Gomphotheriidae, Hemimastodontidae, Mastodontidae, Mastodontoidea, Moeritherioidea, Neodesmostylus, Phiomia, Plesielephantiformes, Saloumia
Subtaxa: Dagbatitherium Elephantoidea Hemimastodon Palaeomastodontidae Phiomiidae
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser