Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970 (African elephant)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Full reference: V. J. Maglio. 1970. Four new species of Elephantidae from the Plio-Pleistocene of northwestern Kenya. Breviora 341:1-341

Belongs to Loxodonta according to V. J. Maglio 1970

See also Maglio 1973

Sister taxa: Loxodonta africana, Loxodonta atlantica, Loxodonta cookei, Loxodonta cyclotis, Loxodonta exoptata

Type specimen: PAL.KANAP385, a partial skeleton.

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Ethiopia (1 collection), Kenya (5)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Kenya (1), Malawi (2)

• Pliocene of Ethiopia (14), Kenya (10), Malawi (1)

Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


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