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| fossil_range = [[Miocene]] - [[Holocene]], {{fossilrange|23|0}}
| fossil_range = [[Early Miocene|Earliest Miocene]] - [[Holocene|Present]], {{fossilrange|23|0}}
| image = Gomphotherium angustidens 2.jpg
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| image_alt = Gomphotherium
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| authority = Tassy & Shoshani, 1997
| authority = Tassy & Shoshani, 1997
| subdivision_ranks = Subgroups<ref name=Shoshani_etal_2007/><ref name="Mothé et al 2016">{{cite journal|last=Mothé|first=Dimila|last2=Ferretti|first2=Marco P.|last3=Avilla|first3=Leonardo S.|title=The Dance of Tusks: Rediscovery of Lower Incisors in the Pan-American Proboscidean ''Cuvieronius hyodon'' Revises Incisor Evolution in Elephantimorpha|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=11|issue=1|pages=e0147009|date=12 January 2016|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0147009|pmid=26756209|pmc=4710528|bibcode=2016PLoSO..1147009M}}</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Subgroups<ref name=Shoshani_etal_2007/><ref name="Mothé et al 2016">{{cite journal|last=Mothé|first=Dimila|last2=Ferretti|first2=Marco P.|last3=Avilla|first3=Leonardo S.|title=The Dance of Tusks: Rediscovery of Lower Incisors in the Pan-American Proboscidean ''Cuvieronius hyodon'' Revises Incisor Evolution in Elephantimorpha|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=11|issue=1|pages=e0147009|date=12 January 2016|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0147009|pmid=26756209|pmc=4710528|bibcode=2016PLoSO..1147009M}}</ref>
| subdivision =
| subdivision = *{{extinct}}[[Choerolophodontidae]]
*{{extinct}}[[Choerolophodontidae]]
*{{extinct}}[[Amebelodontidae]]
*{{extinct}}[[Amebelodontidae]]
*{{extinct}}[[Gomphotheriidae]]
*{{extinct}}[[Gomphotheriidae]]

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Elephantida
Temporal range: Earliest Miocene - Present, 23–0 Ma
Gomphotherium
Gomphotherium skeleton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Clade: Elephantimorpha
Clade: Elephantida
Tassy & Shoshani, 1997
Subgroups[1][2]

Elephantida is a group that contains the elephants as well as their extinct relatives, the gomphotheres and stegodontids. The following cladogram shows the relationships among elephantidans, 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)

References

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ Mothé, Dimila; Ferretti, Marco P.; Avilla, Leonardo S. (12 January 2016). "The Dance of Tusks: Rediscovery of Lower Incisors in the Pan-American Proboscidean Cuvieronius hyodon Revises Incisor Evolution in Elephantimorpha". PLOS ONE. 11 (1): e0147009. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1147009M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147009. PMC 4710528. PMID 26756209.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)