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Stegolophodon

Stegolophodon
Temporal range: Miocene15.97–0.781 Ma
Stegolophodon latidens.JPG
Tooth of Stegolophodon latidens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Elephantidae
Genus: Stegolophodon
Pohlig, 1888

Stegolophodon is an extinct genus of proboscidean. Stegolophodon was a stegodontid with two tusks and a trunk. It lived during the Miocene, Pliocene and epochs, and may have evolved into Stegodon. Fossils have been primarily found in Asia but some have also been reported in Africa.


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