Stegolophodon

Stegolophodon is an extinct genus of stegodontid proboscideans, with two tusks and a trunk. It lived during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs,[1][2][3][4][5] and may have evolved into Stegodon. Fossils have been primarily found in Asia, but some have also been reported in Africa.[6]

S. cautleyi

Stegolophodon
Temporal range: Miocene–Pliocene 15.97–3.6 Ma
Tooth of Stegolophodon latidens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: †Stegodontidae
Schlesinger, 1917
Genus: †Stegolophodon
Type species
†Stegolophodon latidens
(Clift, 1828)
(originally Mastodon latidens)
Species
  • S. praelatidens Koenigswald, 1959
  • S. progressus Osborn, 1929
  • S. pseudolatidens Saegusa, 2008
  • S. stegodontoides Pilgrim, 1913
  • S. cautleyi (Lydekker, 1886)

References
  1. Suga, Shoichi; Nakahara, Hiroshi (2012-12-06). Mechanisms and Phylogeny of Mineralization in Biological Systems: Biomineralization '90. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9784431681328.
  2. Youping Zhang, Yuzhu Long, Hongxiang Ji, Suyin Ding, Translated by Will Downs Bilby Research Center, Northern Arizona University March (November 1999) [1989]. "The Cenozoic Deposits of the Yunnnan Region" (PDF). Professional Papers on Stratigraphy and Paleontology No. 7, Geological Publishing House, Peking, China, Pp. 1-21.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Geer, Alexandra van der; Lyras, George; Vos, John de; Dermitzakis, Michael (2011-02-14). Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781444391282.
  4. "The first mariners | AURANET". www.ifrao.com. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  5. "Fossilworks: Stegolophodon". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  6. Maguire, Kaitlin (November 2010). "The Stegodontidae". University of California Museum of Paleontology.


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