Progomphotherium
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | †Amebelodontidae |
| Genus: | †Progomphotherium Pickford, 2003 |
| Species: | †P. maraisi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Progomphotherium maraisi Pickford, 2003 | |
Progomphotherium is an extinct genus of large herbivorous mammals closely related to elephants.[1] Remains of Progomphotherium are known from Africa.[2] It was considered as a member of Amebelodontinae but was excluded from this group in 2016 due to incomplete nature of known material.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Progomphotherium". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- 1 2 Shiqi Wang, Qinqin Shi, Wen He, Shanqin Chen, Xiang-Wen Yang. "A new species of the tetralophodont amebelodontine Konobelodon Lambert, 1990 (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of China". Geodiversitas. 38 (1): 66–68. doi:10.5252/g2016n1a4. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
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