''Stegolophodon'' is an extinct genus of stegodontid

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ns, with two tusks and a

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. It lived during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs, and may have evolved into '' Stegodon''. Fossils have been primarily found in Asia, but some have also been reported in Africa. Stegolophodon cautleyi

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Stegodontidae Miocene proboscideans Pliocene proboscideans Prehistoric placental genera Neogene mammals of Asia Fossil taxa described in 1917 {{paleo-proboscidean-stub