Stegolophodon

Stegolophodon is an extinct genus of stegodontid proboscideans, with two tusks and a trunk. It lived during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs,[1][2][3][4][5] and may have evolved into Stegodon. Fossils have been primarily found in Asia, but some have also been reported in Africa.[6]

S. cautleyi

Stegolophodon Temporal range: Miocene–Pliocene 15.97–3.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Tooth of Stegolophodon latidens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Family:	†Stegodontidae Schlesinger, 1917
Genus:	†Stegolophodon
Type species
†Stegolophodon latidens (Clift, 1828) (originally Mastodon latidens)
Species
S. praelatidens Koenigswald, 1959 S. progressus Osborn, 1929 S. pseudolatidens Saegusa, 2008 S. stegodontoides Pilgrim, 1913 S. cautleyi (Lydekker, 1886)

References

1. Suga, Shoichi; Nakahara, Hiroshi (2012-12-06). Mechanisms and Phylogeny of Mineralization in Biological Systems: Biomineralization '90. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9784431681328.
2. Youping Zhang, Yuzhu Long, Hongxiang Ji, Suyin Ding, Translated by Will Downs Bilby Research Center, Northern Arizona University March (November 1999) [1989]. "The Cenozoic Deposits of the Yunnnan Region" (PDF). Professional Papers on Stratigraphy and Paleontology No. 7, Geological Publishing House, Peking, China, Pp. 1-21.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
3. Geer, Alexandra van der; Lyras, George; Vos, John de; Dermitzakis, Michael (2011-02-14). Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781444391282.
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6. Maguire, Kaitlin (November 2010). "The Stegodontidae". University of California Museum of Paleontology.