Losodokodon

Losodokodon; Temporal range: Late Oligocene; ~27–24 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Family:	Mammutidae
Genus:	Losodokodon; Rasmussen & Gutiérrez, 2009
Species
	L. losodokius (type)

Losodokodon is an extinct genus of large herbivorous mammals belonging to the family Mammutidae. It was first described in 2009 by David Tab Rasmussen and Mercedes Gutiérrez from fossils found in the Erageleit Formation of northwestern Kenya. Losodokodon lived during the Late Oligocene, between 27 and 24 million years ago.[1][2]

References

Rasmussen, D. Tab; Gutierrez, Mercedes (2009). "A mammalian fauna from the late Oligocene of northern Kenya". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 288 (1): 7–52. doi:10.1127/pala/288/2009/1.
"Losodokodon Rasmussen & Gutierrez, 2009". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 8 June 2016.

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[1] Rasmussen, D. Tab; Gutierrez, Mercedes (2009). "A mammalian fauna from the late Oligocene of northern Kenya". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 288 (1): 7–52. doi:10.1127/pala/288/2009/1.

[2] "Losodokodon Rasmussen & Gutierrez, 2009". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 8 June 2016.