Mammuthus africanavus
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| African Mammoth Temporal range: Early Pliocene |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | Elephantidae |
| Genus: | Mammuthus |
| Species: | M. africanavus |
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| Mammuthus africanavus Arambourg, 1952 |
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The African Mammoth, Mammuthus africanavus, (literally, "African Ancestor Mammoth"), is among the oldest of mammoth species, having first appeared around 3 million years ago during the late Pliocene. Its fossils have been found in Chad, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. It was relatively small and its seen as the direct ancestor of M. meriodionalis however its tusk diverged more widely from its skull than later species of mammoth and it might indicate that it was an evolutionary dead end.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Lister, Adrian; Bahn, Paul. (10/11/2007). Mammoths: giants of the ice age. Frances Lincoln LTD. pp. 23. http://books.google.com.mx/books?id=_6WBlUwYPa8C&hl=es&source=gbs_navlinks_s.
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