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Choerolophodon chioticus
Taxonomy
Choerolophodon chioticus was named by Tobien (1980). Its type specimen is AMPG-937, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Michalos, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Greece.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1980 | Choerolophodon chioticus Tobien |
| 2016 | Choerolophodon chioticus Konidaris et al. |
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†Choerolophodon chioticus Tobien 1980
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. E. Konidaris et al. 2016 | Choerolophodont with moderate elongation of the cranium, steeply inclined facial region and high cerebral region; orbits situated low in the cranium and above the last molar in function; the anterior zygomatic process is situated anterior of the choanae at the level of the tooth row; convergent temporal lines and narrow parietal region; the mandibular symphysis is deflected downwards; ramus and corpus are almost vertical; upper tusks emerge downwards; molars with weakly to moderate expressed choerodonty, ptychodonty and cementodonty |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Miocene | Greece (Aegean) | Choerolophodon chioticus (type locality: 182752) |