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Selenetherium
''Selenetherium'' ("moon mammal") is an extinct genus of elephantidae, elephantid proboscidean.H. T. Mackaye, M. Brunet, and P. Tassy. 2005. ''Selenetherium kolleensis'' nov. gen. nov. sp.: un nouveau Proboscidea (Mammalia) dans le Pliocène tchadien. ''Geobios'' 38(6):765-777 The type species, type and only species is ''Selenetherium kolleensis'', known from an incomplete mandible. It was found in the early (Zanclean) Pliocene sediments of Kolle, Chad. References Prehistoric elephants Prehistoric placental genera Pliocene mammals of Africa Fossil taxa described in 2005 Pliocene proboscideans {{paleo-proboscidean-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elephantidae
Elephantidae is a family (biology), family of large, herbivorous proboscidean mammals which includes the living Elephant, elephants (belonging to the genera ''Elephas'' and ''Loxodonta''), as well as a number of extinct genera like ''Mammuthus'' (mammoths) and ''Palaeoloxodon''. They are large terrestrial animal, terrestrial mammals with a snout modified into a Elephant#Trunk, trunk and teeth modified into tusks. Most Genus, genera and species in the family are extinction, extinct. The family was first described by John Edward Gray in 1821, and later assigned to taxonomic ranks within the order Proboscidea. Elephantidae has been revised by various authors to include or exclude other extinct proboscidean genera. Description Elephantids are distinguished from more basal proboscideans like gomphotheres by their teeth, which have parallel lophs, formed from the merger of the cusps found in the teeth of more basal proboscideans, which are bound by cementum. In later elephantids, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proboscidean
Proboscidea (; , ) is a taxonomic order of afrotherian mammals containing one living family (Elephantidae) and several extinct families. First described by J. Illiger in 1811, it encompasses the elephants and their close relatives. Three living species of elephant are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. Extinct members of Proboscidea include the deinotheres, mastodons, gomphotheres and stegodonts. The family Elephantidae also contains several extinct groups, including mammoths and ''Palaeoloxodon''. Proboscideans include some of the largest known land mammals, with the elephant '' Palaeoloxodon namadicus'' and mastodon ''"Mammut" borsoni'' suggested to have body masses surpassing , rivalling or exceeding paraceratheres (the otherwise largest known land mammals) in size. The largest extant proboscidean is the African bush elephant, with a world record of size of at the shoulder and . In addition to their eno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
