Paratetralophodon is an extinct genus of
proboscidean from late
Neogene deposits in India and China. Although traditionally classified in the family Gomphotheriidae, recent studies find it to be more closely related to modern elephants.
''Paratetralophodon hasnotensis'', found in the Siwalik Hills of
northern India
North India is a loosely defined region consisting of the northern part of India. The dominant geographical features of North India are the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the Himalayas, which demarcate the region from the Tibetan Plateau and Central ...
, is the only unequivocal species in the genus, but the Far Eastern form ''"Tetralophodon" exoletus'' is tentatively considered referable to this genus based on similarities with ''P. hasnotensis'', while specimens from Lantian, China, appear to represent an unnamed species of ''Paratetralophodon''.
[Shi-Qi Wang; Haruo Saegusa; Jaroon Duangkrayom; Wen He; Shan-Qin Chen (2017). "A new species of Tetralophodon from the Linxia Basin and the biostratigraphic significance of tetralophodont gomphotheres from the Upper Miocene of northern China". Palaeoworld. in press. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2017.03.005.]
References
Elephantoidea
Prehistoric placental genera
Miocene proboscideans
Pliocene proboscideans
Miocene mammals of Asia
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