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Elephantimorpha

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Scientific name
  
Elephantimorpha

Phylum
  
Chordata

Suborder
  
Higher classification
  
Clade
  
ElephantimorphaTassy & Shoshani, 1997

Similar
  
Proboscidea, Mammal, Stegodontidae, Archaeobelodon, Stegodibelodon

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:

References

Elephantimorpha Wikipedia


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