Palaeoloxodon xylophagou

Taxonavigation

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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
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Magnordo: Epitheria
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 xylophagou

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Palaeoloxodon xylophagou Athanassiou, Herridge, Reese, Iliopoulos, Roussiakis, Mitsopoulou, Tsiolakis & Theodorou, 2015: 50

  • Holotype: GSDC XY.05.1, partial skull with the last molars (M3).
  • Type locality: “Xylophágou, SE Cyprus, 34.9656°N, 33.8250°E (WGS84 datum)”.
  • Stratigraphy: Fanglomerate Group F3 Unit of the Circum-Tróodos Sedimentary Succession (MIS 7, late Middle Pleistocene).

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