''Archaeobelodon'' is an extinct genus of proboscidean of the family

Amebelodontidae Amebelodontidae is an extinct family of large herbivorous mammals that were closely related to elephant Elephants are the largest existing land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African ...

that lived in Europe and

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...

(Egypt) during the

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and mea ...

from 16.9 to 16.0 Ma, living for approximately . Archaeobelodon filholi

''Archaeobelodon'' was an ancestor of ''

Platybelodon ''Platybelodon'' ("flat-spear tusk") is an extinct genus of large herbivorous proboscidean mammals related to modern-day elephants. Species lived during the middle Miocene Epoch in Africa, Asia and the Caucasus. Palaeobiology ''Platybelodon'' w ...

'' and ''

Amebelodon ''Amebelodon'' is a genus of extinct proboscidean belonging to Amebelodontidae (the so-called shovel-tuskers), a group of proboscideans related to the modern elephants and their close relative the mammoth. The most striking attribute of this ani ...

''. ''Archaeobelodon'' had a trunk and

tusk Tusks are elongated, continuously growing front teeth that protrude well beyond the mouth of certain mammal species. They are most commonly canine teeth, as with pigs and walruses, or, in the case of elephants, elongated incisors. Tusks share ...

s. It reached a weight of about 2305 - 3477 kg, being smaller than a modern

elephant Elephants are the largest existing land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae ...

.http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/jart/prj3/nhm/data/uploads/mitarbeiter_dokumente/goehlich/2010/Goehlich_2010_Proboscidea%20Sandelzhausen.pdf

References

Amebelodontidae Miocene proboscideans Miocene mammals of Africa Prehistoric placental genera Fossil taxa described in 1984 {{paleo-proboscidean-stub