Loxodonta cookei

Loxodonta cookei is an extinct species of African elephant. The species name is dedicated to H. Basil S. Cooke, a paleontologist who specialized in extinct African mammals. It is found in Uganda,Tanzania and South Africa. Most of the fossils found from this species were teeth.[1]

Loxodonta cookei
Temporal range: Late Miocene - Early Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Elephantidae
Genus: Loxodonta
Species:
L. cookei
Binomial name
Loxodonta cookei
Sanders, 2007

References

  1. Sanders, W. (2007). "Taxonomic review of fossil Proboscidea (Mammalia) from Langebaanweg, South Africa" (PDF). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa (Online ed.). 62 (1): 1–16. doi:10.1080/00359190709519192. S2CID 27499106.
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