Progomphotherium

Progomphotherium
Temporal range: 23–11.6 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: †Amebelodontidae
Genus: †Progomphotherium
Pickford, 2003
Species:
†P. maraisi
Binomial name
†Progomphotherium maraisi
Pickford, 2003

Progomphotherium is an extinct genus of large herbivorous mammals that were closely related to elephants.[1] Remains of Progomphotherium are known from Africa.[2] It was considered as a member of Amebelodontinae but was excluded from this group in 2016 due to incomplete nature of known material.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Progomphotherium". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b Shiqi Wang, Qinqin Shi, Wen He, Shanqin Chen, Xiang-Wen Yang (25 March 2016). "A new species of the tetralophodont amebelodontine Konobelodon Lambert, 1990 (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of China". Geodiversitas. 38 (1): 66-68. doi:10.5252/g2016n1a4.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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