Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Alternative combination: Elephas insignis
Synonym: Stegodon orientalis Owen 1870
Belongs to Stegodon according to M. Schlosser 1903
See also Lydekker 1880
Sister taxa: Stegodon bombifrons, Stegodon florensis, Stegodon ganesa, Stegodon kaisensis, Stegodon luzonensis, Stegodon mindanensis, Stegodon sompoensis, Stegodon sondaari, Stegodon sumbaensis, Stegodon syrticus, Stegodon trigonocephalus, Stegodon yuanmouensis
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (8 collections), India (1), Thailand (1), Vietnam (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of India (1), Myanmar (2), Nepal (1)
• Pliocene of India (4)
• Neogene of Myanmar (1), Taiwan (3)
Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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