Elephantimorpha

Elephantimorpha is a group that contains the elephants as well as their extinct relatives, the gomphotheres and stegodontids. The following cladogram shows the relationships among elephantimorphs, based on hyoid characteristics:[1]

 
Elephantimorpha
 

†Mammutidae (mastodons)

 
Elephantida
 

†Gomphotheriidae (gomphotheres)

 
Elephantoidea
 

†Stegodontidae (stegodontids)

 
Elephantidae
 

Loxodonta (African elephants)

 
Elephantini
 

†Palaeoloxodon

 
Elephantina
 

Elephas (Asian elephants)

 
 

†Mammuthus (mammoths)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Elephantimorphs
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Suborder: Elephantiformes
Clade: Elephantimorpha
Tassy & Shoshani, 1997
Subgroups[1]

References
  1. Shoshani, J.; Ferretti, M. P.; Lister, A. M.; Agenbroad, L. D.; Saegusa, H.; Mol, D.; Takahashi, K. (2007). "Relationships within the Elephantinae using hyoid characters". Quaternary International. 169-170: 174–185. Bibcode:2007QuInt.169..174S. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2007.02.003.


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