Choerolophodontidae

Choerolophodontidae is an extinct family of large herbivorous mammals that were closely related to elephants. Two genera are known, Afrochoerodon and Choerolophodon.[1]

Choerolophodontid
Temporal range: 17–7 Ma Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Clade: Elephantida
Family: †Choerolophodontidae
Gaziry, 1976
Genera

Taxonomy

Although usually classified as part of Gomphotheriidae, recent cladistic analysis recovers choerolophodont gomphotheres as basal to trilophodont gomphotheres and therefore a distinct family.[2]

Distribution

Fossils of choerolophodontids have been found in Africa, China, Anatolia, and the Balkans.[3][4]

References
  1. J. Shoshani and P. Tassy. 2005. "Advances in proboscidean taxonomy & classification, anatomy & physiology, and ecology & behavior". Quaternary International 126-128:5-20
  2. Mothé D, Ferretti MP, Avilla LS (2016) "The Dance of Tusks: Rediscovery of Lower Incisors in the Pan-American Proboscidean Cuvieronius hyodon Revises Incisor Evolution in Elephantimorpha". PLoS ONE 11(1): e0147009. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147009
  3. Şahin, Serkan. "Choerolophodontinae from the Miocene of Anatolia Dispersals and Paleoecology". 18th Congress of the European Anthropological Association 3–6 September 2012 - Ankara, Turkey.
  4. "subfamily Choerolophodontinae Gaziry 1976 (gomphothere)". fossilworks.


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