Elephantimorpha
| Elephantimorphs | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Suborder: | Elephantiformes |
| Clade: |
Elephantimorpha Tassy & Shoshani, 1997 |
| Subgroups | |
Elephantimorpha is a group that contains the elephants as well as their extinct relatives, the gomphotheres and stegodontids. The following cladogram shows the relationships among elephantimorphs, based on hyoid characteristics:
†Mammutidae (Mastodons)
†Gomphotheriidae (Gomphotheres)
†Stegodontidae (Stegodontids)
Loxodonta (African elephants)
Elephas (Asian elephants)
†Mammuthus (Mammoths)
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