Mammalia - Proboscidea - Moeritheriidae
Full reference: C. W. Andrews. 1902. Preliminary note on some recently discovered extinct vertebrates from Egypt. (Part III). Geological Magazine Decade 4(9):291-295
Belongs to Moeritherium according to C. Delmer et al. 2006
See also Andrews 1906
Sister taxa: Moeritherium chehbeurameuri, Moeritherium latidens, Moeritherium lyonsi, Moeritherium pharaonensis, Moeritherium trigonodon
Type specimen: CGM C.10003, a skull (partial skull (palate)). Its type locality is Beadnell Section, which is in a Priabonian coastal sandstone in the Qasr el-Sagha Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Egypt (1 collection)
• Eocene of Egypt (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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