Eochoerodon
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | †Choerolophodontidae |
| Genus: | †Eochoerodon Li & Wang, 2026 |
| Type species | |
| Eochoerodon guangheensis (Wang & Deng, 2011) | |
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Eochoerodon is an extinct genus of choerolophodontid proboscideans that lived during the Miocene of what is now Asia (China and Pakistan). The genus consists of two species: the type species, E. guangheensis from China, and a second species, Eochoerodon palaeindicus from Pakistan. Both were formerly included in the more derived genus Choerolophodon[1][2] but were reclassified based on skeletal diffferences in 2026 by Li & Wang.[3]
E. guangheensis (originally Choerolophodon guangheensis) was named by Wang & Deng (2011) based on material excavated from the Dalanggou quarry of the Linxia Basin in Gansu Province, China.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Lydekker, R. (1885). "Memoirs of the Geological Suvey of India. Palæontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the Progress of the Geological Survey of India. Published by order of His Excellency the Governor-General of India in Council. Series x. Indian Tertiary and Post-Tertiary Vertebrata.—Vol. III. Part 1. Additional Siwalik Perissodactyla and Proboscidia, with 5 plates and 6 woodcuts. Part 2. Siwalik and Narbada Bundont Suina, with 7 plates and 1 woodcut. Part 3. Rodents and new Ruminants from the Siwaliks, and Synopsis of Mammalia, with 1 plate and 8 woodcuts. Part 4. Siwalik Birds, with 2 plates. Part 5. Mastodon Teeth from Perim Island, with 2 plates. By R. Lydekker, B.A., F.G.S., F.Z.S. 4to. Calcutta: Geological Survey Office. London: Trübner & Co. 1884". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 16 (91): 66–72. doi:10.1080/00222938509487507. ISSN 0374-5481.
- 1 2 Wang, ShiQi; Deng, Tao (2011). "The first Choerolophodon (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae) skull from China". Science China Earth Sciences. 54 (9): 1326–1337. doi:10.1007/s11430-011-4201-6. ISSN 1674-7313.
- ↑ Li, Chunxiao; Wang, Shi-Qi (2026-05-05). "Evolution of choerolophodontids in the Miocene of northern China". Historical Biology: 1–16. doi:10.1080/08912963.2026.2651915. ISSN 0891-2963.
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