Parachoerodon
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | †Choerolophodontidae |
| Genus: | †Parachoerodon Li and Wang, 2026 |
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Parachoerodon is an extinct genus of proboscideans that lived during the Miocene of Eurasia.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]Two species in this genus, P. chioticus and P. connexum, were formerly assigned to Choerolophodon and Gomphotherium respectively. However, recent studies demonstrated that the former is generically distinct from Choerolophodon and that the latter is not assignable to Gomphotherium, necessitating assignment of these two taxa to a new genus, Parachoerodon.[1][2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Li, C. & Wang, S.-Q. (2026). "Evolution of choerolophodontids in the Miocene of northern China". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. doi:10.1080/08912963.2026.2651915.
- ↑ Li, Chun-Xiao; Chen, Jin & Wang, Shi-Qi (2024). "Reassessment of Trilophodon connexus Hopwood, 1935 and attributing it to the Choerolophodontidae". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 62 (1): 33–46. doi:10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.230917.
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