Phiomia serridens Andrews and Beadnell 1902 (proboscidean)

Mammalia - Proboscidea

Full reference: C. W. Andrews and H. J. L. Beadnell. 1902. A preliminary note on some new mammals from the Upper Eocene of Egypt. Survey Department, Public Works Ministry, Egypt.

Belongs to Phiomia according to S.-Q. Wang et al. 2017

See also Andrews 1906, Andrews and Beadnell 1902, Sanders et al. 2010 and Shoshani and Tassy 2005

Sister taxa: Phiomia major, Phiomia minor

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at NNW of Birket Qarun (Eocene to Oligocene of Egypt)

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