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Elephas nawataensis

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Elephas nawataensis was named by Tassy (2003). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lothagam-Upper Nawata Mb, which is in a Messinian/Zanclean fluvial sandstone/mudstone in the Nawata or Nachukui Formation of Kenya.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. iolensis, E. kiangnanensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Elephas nawataensis Tassy
2005Elephas nawataensis Shoshani and Tassy p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
superfamilyElephantoidea
familyElephantidae
subfamilyElephantinaeGray 1821
tribeElephantiniGray 1821
genusElephas
speciesnawataensisTassy 2003

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Elephas nawataensis Tassy 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 20:09:03
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Zanclean or 7.24600 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Elephas nawataensis (type locality: 22242)