†Moeritherium lyonsi Andrews 1901 (proboscidean)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Moeritheriidae

Synonym: Moeritherium ancestrale Petronievics 1923

Belongs to Moeritherium according to C. Delmer et al. 2006

See also Andrews 1903, Andrews 1906, Sanders et al. 2010 and Shoshani and Tassy 1996

Sister taxa: Moeritherium chehbeurameuri, Moeritherium gracile, Moeritherium latidens, Moeritherium pharaonensis, Moeritherium trigonodon

Type specimens:

  • Moeritherium lyonsi: CGM C.10000, a mandible (almost complete mandible without associated upper teeth)
  • Moeritherium ancestrale: BMNH M.9225, a skull (skull and mandible).

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Egypt (1 collection)

• Eocene of Egypt (15), Libya (1)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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