| 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.