Progomphotherium Pickford 2003 (gomphothere)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Full reference: M. Pickford. 2003. New Proboscidea from the Miocene strata in th elower Orange River Valley, Namibia. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia 19:207-256

Parent taxon: Amebelodontidae according to S.-Q. Wang et al. 2017

See also Pickford 2003 and Sanders et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Afromastodon, Amebelodon, Archaeobelodon, Platybelodon, Platybelodontinae, Protanancus

Subtaxa: Progomphotherium maraisi

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of Namibia (1 collection), Uganda (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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