Plesielephantiformes
Extinct suborder of mammals
Plesielephantiformes Temporal range: 56–2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Partial skeleton of a Deinotherium gigantissimum in the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History in Chisinau. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Proboscidea |
Suborder: | †Plesielephantiformes Shoshani et al., 2001 |
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Plesielephantiformes is an extinct clade of large herbivorous mammals and one of two suborders of the Proboscidea, a group containing elephants and their close relatives.[1]
References
- ^ J. Shoshani; W. J. Sanders; P. Tassy (2001). "Elephants and other Proboscideans: a summary of recent findings and new taxonomic suggestions" (PDF). The World of Elephants - International Congress, Rome 2001: 676–679. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-12.
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Genera of the order Proboscidea
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Superorder: Afrotheria
- Clade: Tethytheria
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- See also: Plesielephantiformes
- Numidotheriidae
- Elephantimorpha
- Elephantida
- Elephantoidea
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