Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Alternative combination: Elephas cypriotes
Belongs to Palaeoloxodon according to A. Athanassiou et al. 2019
See also Athanassiou et al. 2018 and Palombo 2001
Sister taxa: Elephas (Euelephas), Elephas beyeri, Elephas falconeri, Elephas maximus, Elephas melitensis, Elephas moghrebiensis, Elephas nawataensis, Elephas priscus, Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) tokunagai, Palaeoloxodon recki, Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi, Palaeoloxodon xylophagou, Palaeoloxodon tiliensis, Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis, Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) cephallonicus, Palaeoloxodon naumanni
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution: found only at Island fossil ungulates (Quaternary of Cyprus)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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