Choerolophodontidae

Choerolophodont
Temporal range: 17–7 Ma
Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Proboscidea
Clade:Elephantida
Family:†Choerolophodontidae
Gaziry, 1976
Genera

Choerolophodontidae is an extinct family of large herbivorous mammals that were closely related to elephants. Two genera are known, Afrochoerodon and Choerolophodon.[1]

Taxonomy

Although usually classified as part of Gomphotheriidae, recent cladistic analysis recovers choerolophodont gomphotheres as basal to trilophodont gompotheres and therefore a distinct family.[2]

Distribution

Fossils of choerolophodontids have been found in Africa, China, Anatolia, and the Balkans.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ J. Shoshani and P. Tassy. 2005. "Advances in proboscidean taxonomy & classification, anatomy & physiology, and ecology & behavior". Quaternary International 126-128:5-20
  2. ↑ Mothé D, Ferretti MP, Avilla LS (2016) "The Dance of Tusks: Rediscovery of Lower Incisors in the Pan-American Proboscidean Cuvieronius hyodon Revises Incisor Evolution in Elephantimorpha". PLoS ONE 11(1): e0147009. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147009
  3. ↑ Şahin, Serkan. "Choerolophodontinae from the Miocene of Anatolia Dispersals and Paleoecology". 18th Congress of the European Anthropological Association 3 - 6 September, 2012 - Ankara, Turkey.
  4. ↑ "subfamily Choerolophodontinae Gaziry 1976 (gomphothere)". fossilworks.


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