Choerolophodontidae
| Choerolophodont Temporal range: Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Clade: | Elephantida |
| Family: | †Choerolophodontidae Gaziry, 1976 |
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Choerolophodontidae is an extinct family of large herbivorous mammals that were closely related to elephants. Two genera are known, Afrochoerodon and Choerolophodon.[1]
Taxonomy
Although usually classified as part of Gomphotheriidae, recent cladistic analysis recovers choerolophodont gomphotheres as basal to trilophodont gomphotheres and therefore a distinct family.[2]
Distribution
Fossils of choerolophodontids have been found in Africa, China, Anatolia, and the Balkans.[3][4]
References
- ^ J. Shoshani and P. Tassy. 2005. "Advances in proboscidean taxonomy & classification, anatomy & physiology, and ecology & behavior". Quaternary International 126-128:5-20
- ^ Mothé D, Ferretti MP, Avilla LS (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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147009
- ^ Şahin, Serkan. "Choerolophodontinae from the Miocene of Anatolia Dispersals and Paleoecology". 18th Congress of the European Anthropological Association 3–6 September 2012 - Ankara, Turkey.
- ^ "subfamily Choerolophodontinae Gaziry 1976 (gomphothere)". fossilworks.
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