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Loxodonta cookei
Temporal range: Late Miocene - Early Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Elephantidae
Genus: Loxodonta
Species:
L. cookei
Binomial name
Loxodonta cookei
Sanders, 2007

Loxodonta cookei is an extinct species of African elephant. The species name is dedicated to H. Basil S. Cooke, a paleontologist who specialized in extinct African mammals.[1]

References

  1. ^ Sanders, W. (2007). "Taxonomic review of fossil Proboscidea (Mammalia) from Langebaanweg, South Africa" (PDF). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 62 (1) (Online ed.): 1–16. doi:10.1080/00359190709519192. S2CID 27499106.