Mammuthus africanavus
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| African Mammoth Fossil 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 4.8 million years ago during the Pliocene. Its fossils have been found in Pliocene deposits in Chad, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia.
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