Elephantida

Elephantidans Temporal range: Miocene - Holocene, 23–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Gomphotherium skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Clade:	Elephantimorpha
Clade:	Elephantida Tassy & Shoshani, 1997
Subgroups
†Gomphotheriidae Elephantoidea

Elephantida is a group that contains the elephants as well as their extinct relatives, the gomphotheres and stegodontids. The following cladogram shows the relationships among elephantidans, based on hyoid characteristics:

†Mammutidae (Mastodons)

†Gomphotheriidae (Gomphotheres)

†Stegodontidae (Stegodontids)

Loxodonta (African elephants)

†Palaeoloxodon

Elephas (Asian elephants)

Mammuthus (Mammoths)

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