Primelephas korotorensis

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulata Ordo: Proboscidea Subordo: Elephantiformes Cladus: Elephantimorpha Cladus: Elephantida Superfamilia: Elephantoidea

Familia: Elephantidae
Subfamilia: Elephantinae
Genus: †Primelephas
Species: †Primelephas korotorensis

Name

Primelephas korotorensis (Coppens, 1965)

Holotype. MNHN K-2-60, fragmentary right M₃.

Type locality: Early Pliocene, Kolinga, Lake Chad.

Synonymy

• Stegodon korotorensis Coppens, 1965 (original combination)
• Primelephas gomphotheroides Maglio, 1970 [syn.: Mackaye et al., 2008]
  • Holotype: KNM LT 351, associated left and right M³, left M₃ and fragmentary palate.
  • Type locality: 'Late Miocene, lower fluviatile beds, Lothagam Hill, Kenya'.
• Primelephas korotorensis (Coppens, 1965): Maglio, 1973

References

Primary references

• Mackaye, H.T., Coppens, Y., Vignaud, P., Lihoreau, F. & Brunet, M.. 2008. De nouveaux restes de Primelephas dans le Mio-Pliocène du Nord du Tchad et révision du genre Primelephas [New Mio-Pliocene proboscidean remains from Chad: the genus Primilephas revisited]. Comptes Rendus Palevol 7(4): 227–236. DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2008.03.007 . Reference page. 
• Maglio, V.J. 1970. Four new species of Elephantidae from the Plio-Pleistocene of northwestern Kenya. Breviora 341: 1–43. BHL.
• Maglio, V.J. 1973. Origin and evolution of the Elephantidae. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 63(3): 1–149. DOI: 10.2307/1006229, JSTOR .