Choerolophodontidae
| Choerolophodontidae Temporal range: Miocene | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Clade: | Elephantida |
| Family: | †Choerolophodontidae Gaziry, 1976 |
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Choerolophodontidae is an extinct family of proboscideans belonging to Elephantida. Two genera are widely recognised, Afrochoerodon and Choerolophodon.[2]
Taxonomy
Although usually classified as part of Gomphotheriidae, cladistic analysis recovers choerolophodont gomphotheres as basal to trilophodont gomphotheres and therefore a distinct family.[3] Some studies have included the North American Gnathabelodon within the family.[4]
Distribution
Fossils of choerolophodontids have been found in Africa, China, Anatolia, and the Balkans.[5][6]
References
- 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.
- ↑ 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, M.P.; Avilla, L.S. (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.
- ↑ Li, Chunxiao; Deng, Tao; Wang, Yang; Sun, Fajun; Wolff, Burt; Jiangzuo, Qigao; Ma, Jiao; Xing, Luda; Fu, Jiao (2023-11-28), "Longer mandible or nose? Co-evolution of feeding organs in early elephantiforms", eLife, 12, doi:10.7554/eLife.90908.1, retrieved 2024-05-29
- ↑ Şahin, Serkan (January 2012). "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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