Primelephas korotorensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elephantoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Atlantogenata Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulatomorpha Grandordo: Paenungulata Mirordo: Tethytheria Ordo: Proboscidea Subordo: Elephantiformes Cladus: Elephantimorpha Cladus: Elephantida Superfamilia: Elephantoidea

Primelephas korotorensis (Coppens, 1965)

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

Type locality: Early Pliocene, Kolinga, Lake Chad.

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

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 .

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