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Stegolophodon

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Elephantidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Mammalia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Proboscidea

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Similar
  
Proboscidea, Stegodontidae, Stegotetrabelodon, Tetralophodon, Primelephas

Stegolophodon


Stegolophodon is an extinct genus of proboscidean. Stegolophodon was a stegodontid with two tusks and a trunk. It lived during the Miocene, Pliocene and Pleistocene 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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Stegolophodon Wikipedia