Primelephas
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Genus Primelephas, (meaning the first elephant), belonging to the family of elephants and regarded as both the present elephants ancestor. Primelephas was living some 5 million years ago in dense forests in Africa.
Caracteristics
Species
Primelephas gomphotheroides lived during middle Pliocene and split into three lineages, Loxodonta, Elephas, and Mammuthus.Litterature
Systematic revision of Primelephas gomphotheroides (Mammalia: Elephantidae). Sanders, W.J., Mundinger, G.S., and Bloch, J. For Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.