Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elephantoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulata Cladus: Tethytheria Ordo: Proboscidea Subordo: Elephantiformes Cladus: Elephantimorpha Cladus: Elephantida Superfamilia: Elephantoidea

Familia: Elephantidae
Subfamilia: Elephantinae
Tribus: Elephantini
Genus: †Palaeoloxodon
Species: †Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi

Name

†Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi van der Geer, Lyras, van den Hoek Ostende, Vos & Drinia, 2014: 138

• Holotype: AMPG 999, an isolated maxilla preserving both third molars (M3).
• Type locality: “Trypiti river, Naxos, Greece”.
• Stratigraphy: Late Pleistocene.

References

Primary references

• van der Geer, A.A.E., Lyras, G.A., van den Hoek Ostende, L.W., de Vos, J. & Drinia, H. 2014. A dwarf elephant and a rock mouse on Naxos (Cyclades, Greece) with a revision of the palaeozoogeography of the Cycladic Islands (Greece) during the Pleistocene. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 404: 133–144. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.04.003 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Athanassiou, A., van der Geer, A.A.E. & Lyras, G.A. 2019. Pleistocene insular Proboscidea of the Eastern Mediterranean: A review and update. Quaternary Science Reviews 218: 306–321. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.06.028 Reference page.