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Suborder Elephantiformes Tassy 1988 (proboscidean)

Mammalia - Proboscidea

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

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

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