Elephas (Euelephas) Leidy 1858 (elephant)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:15-89

Parent taxon: Elephas according to R. Lydekker 1880

See also Leidy 1858

Sister taxa: Elephas (Loxodon), Elephas beyeri, Elephas clifti, Elephas ekorensis, Elephas falconeri, Elephas maximus, Elephas melitensis, Elephas moghrebiensis, Elephas nawataensis, Elephas planifrons, Elephas priscus, Mastodon elephantoides, Palaeoloxodon cypriotes, Palaeoloxodon tiliensis, Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi, Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi, Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) tokunagai, Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) cephallonicus, Palaeoloxodon naumanni, Palaeoloxodon xylophagou, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis, Palaeoloxodon recki

Subtaxa: Elephas (Euelephas) hysudricus Elephas (Euelephas) namadicus

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of India (1 collection), Taiwan (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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