Stegolophodon Temporal range: Miocene– 15.97–0.781 Ma |
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Tooth of Stegolophodon latidens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Proboscidea |
Family: | Elephantidae |
Genus: |
†Stegolophodon Pohlig, 1888 |
Stegolophodon is an extinct genus of proboscidean. Stegolophodon was a stegodontid with two tusks and a trunk. It lived during the Miocene, Pliocene and epochs, and may have evolved into Stegodon. Fossils have been primarily found in Asia but some have also been reported in Africa.