Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Full reference: R. Fourtau. 1918. Contribution à l'étude des vertébrés miocènes de l'Égypte 1-109
Belongs to Mastodon according to R. Fourtau 1918
Sister taxa: Mammut americanum, Mammut borsoni, Mammut cosoensis, Mammut floridanum, Mammut furlongi, Mammut matthewi, Mammut pacificus, Mastodon waringi, Mammut mirificum, Mastodon raki, Mastodon argentinus, Mastodon maderianus, Mastodon lydekkeri, Mastodon rectus, Mastodon (Tetralophodon), Mastodon tarijensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Wadi Moghra, which is in a MN 4 marginal marine sandstone in the Moghara Formation of Egypt
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Wadi Moghra
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