Palaeoloxodon xylophagou

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 xylophagou

Name

†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).

References

Primary references

• Athanassiou, A., Herridge, V., Reese, D.S., Iliopoulos, G., Roussiakis, S., Mitsopoulou, V., Tsiolakis, E. & Theodorou, G. 2015. Cranial evidence for the presence of a second endemic elephant species on Cyprus. Quaternary International 379: 47–57. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.05.065 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.