Suborder Elephantiformes Tassy 1988 (proboscidean)
Parent taxon: Proboscidea according to J. Shoshani et al. 2006
See also Christiansen 2007, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Sach and Heizmann 2001, Sanders 1999, Sanders et al. 2010, Sanders and Miller 2002, Shoshani and Tassy 1996 and Shoshani and Tassy 2005
Sister taxa: Amebelodontidae, Arcanotherium, Barytherioidea, Caenobasileus, Caenobasileus tremontigerus, Cryptomastodon, Deinotherioidea, Elephantoidea, Eritherium, Euelephantoidea, Hemimastodontidae, Mastodontidae, Moeritherioidea, Neodesmostylus, Plesielephantiformes
Subtaxa: Elephantimorpha Hemimastodon Palaeomastodontidae Phiomiidae
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser