Arcanotherium Delmer 2009 (proboscidean)

Mammalia - Proboscidea

Full reference: C. Delmer. 2009. Reassessment of the generic attribution of Numidotherium savagei and the homologies of lower incisors in proboscideans. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(4):561-580

Parent taxon: Proboscidea according to C. Delmer 2009

Sister taxa: Barytherioidea, Caenobasileus, Caenobasileus tremontigerus, Choerolophodontidae, Cryptomastodon, Deinotheriidae, Deinotherioidea, Dinotherioidea, Elephantiformes, Eritherium, Euelephantoidea, Gomphotheriidae, Hemimastodontidae, Mastodontidae, Mastodontoidea, Moeritherioidea, Neodesmostylus, Phiomia, Plesielephantiformes, Saloumia

Subtaxa: Arcanotherium savagei

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Arcanotherium in the database

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