Choerolophodon Schlesinger 1917 (proboscidean)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae

Parent taxon: Choerolophodontidae according to D. Mothé et al. 2016

See also Carroll 1988, Geraads et al. 2005, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sanders et al. 2010, Shoshani and Tassy 1996, Shoshani and Tassy 2005, Theodorou et al. 2003 and Tsoukala et al. 2007

Sister taxon: Afrochoerodon

Subtaxa: Choerolophodon anatolicus Choerolophodon chioticus Choerolophodon pentelici

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of Bulgaria (4 collections), Greece (25), Iraq (1), Italy (1), Kenya (3), Pakistan (3), Romania (1), Tunisia (1), Turkey (6), Ukraine (2)

Total: 47 collections each including a single occurrence

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