Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310
Parent taxon: Elephantiformes according to W. J. Sanders et al. 2010
See also Christiansen 2007, Geraads et al. 2005, Hautier et al. 2009, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Mahboubi et al. 1984, McKenna 1975, McKenna and Bell 1997, Osborn 1921, Osborn 1936, Paula Couto 1956, Sanders 1999, Sanders 2007, Sanders and Miller 2002, Shoshani and Tassy 2005 and Shoshani et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Dagbatitherium, Elephantimorpha, Hemimastodon, Palaeomastodontidae, Phiomiidae
Subtaxa: Elephantidae Loxodontinae Mammontinae Mammutoidea Paratetralophodon Stegodontidae
Type: Elephantidae
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser