Choerolophodon pentelici Gaudry and Lartet 1856 (proboscidean)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae

Alternative combination: Mastodon pentelicus

Belongs to Choerolophodon according to G. E. Konidaris et al. 2016

See also Geraads et al. 2005, Konidaris and Koufos 2013, Shoshani and Tassy 2005 and Tsoukala et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Choerolophodon anatolicus, Choerolophodon chioticus

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of Bulgaria (4 collections), Greece (19), Iraq (1), Italy (1), Romania (1), Turkey (4)

Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence

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