Stegodibelodon
Stegodibelodon is an extinct genus of elephant or gomphothere from the Early Pliocene.[1] It is known only from the Djourab region of northern Chad, where it was discovered by Franco-Chadian expeditions.[2]
| † Stegodibelodon Temporal range: Early Pliocene ~ | |
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| S. schneideri mandible | |
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| Genus: | † Stegodibelodon Coppens, 1972 |
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| † Stegodibelodon schneideri Coppens, 1972 | |
References
- van der Made, J. (2014). The large mammals of the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa: Afrotheria, Perissodactyla and Artiodactyla I. La Cuna de la Humanidad, edited by: Enríquez, S. and Alvarado, E., Museo Arquelógico Regional, Alcalá de Henares & Museo de la Evolución Humana, 324-336.
- Brunet, M., Beauvilain, A., Geraads, D., Guy, F., Kasser, M., Mackaye, H. T., ... & Vignaud, P. (1998). Tchad: découverte d'une faune de mammifères du Pliocène inférieur. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences-Series IIA-Earth and Planetary Science, 326(2), 153-158.
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