†suborder Barytherioidea Simpson 1945 (proboscidean)

Mammalia - Proboscidea

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1945. The principles of classification and a classification of mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 85:1-350

Parent taxon: Proboscidea according to E. Gheerbrant et al. 2002

See also Carroll 1988, Sanders et al. 2010 and Simpson 1945

Sister taxa: Arcanotherium, Caenobasileus, Caenobasileus tremontigerus, Choerolophodontidae, Cryptomastodon, Deinotherioidea, Deinotherioidea, Dinotherioidea, Elephantiformes, Elephantimorpha, Eritherium, Euelephantoidea, Gomphotheriidae, Hemimastodontidae, Mastodontidae, Mastodontoidea, Moeritherioidea, Neodesmostylus, Phiomia, Plesielephantiformes, Saloumia

Subtaxa: Barytheriidae Numidotheriidae

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Egypt (1 collection), Oman (5)

• Eocene of Algeria (1), Egypt (2), Libya (4), Mali (1), Morocco (1), Western Sahara (2)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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