Archaeobelodon
Archaeobelodon is an extinct genus of proboscidean of the family Amebelodontidae that lived in Europe and Northern Africa (Egypt) during the Miocene from 16.9—16.0 Ma, living for approximately 0.9 million years.[1]
Mandible
| Archaeobelodon Temporal range: Miocene | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Skeleton | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | †Archaeobelodon Tassy, 1984 |
| Species | |
| |
Archaeobelodon was an ancestor of Platybelodon and Amebelodon. Archaeobelodon had a trunk and tusks.[2] It reached a weight of about 2305 - 3477 kg, being smaller than a modern elephant.[3]
References
- Paleobiology database: Archaeobelodon basic info
- Alberdi, M. T.; Prado, J. L.; Ortiz-Jaureguizar, E.; Posadas, P.; Donato, M. (2007), "Historical Biogeography of Trilophoont Gomphotheres (Mammalia, Proboscidea) Recontructed Applying Dispersion-Vicariance Analysis" (PDF), in Díaz-Martínez, E.; Rábano, I. (eds.), Proceedings of the 4th European Meeting on the Palaeontology and Stratigraphy of Latin America, Zaragoza Spain 17-19 September 2007, Madrid: Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, pp. 9–14, ISBN 978-84-7840-707-1, retrieved 2008-07-28
- http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/jart/prj3/nhm/data/uploads/mitarbeiter_dokumente/goehlich/2010/Goehlich_2010_Proboscidea%20Sandelzhausen.pdf
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.