Archaeobelodonis an extinct genus ofproboscideanof the familyAmebelodontidaethat lived in Europe andNorth Africa(Egypt) during theMiocenefrom 16.9 to 16.0Ma,living for approximately0.9million years.[1]
| Archaeobelodon Temporal range:Miocene
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | †Amebelodontidae |
| Genus: | †Archaeobelodon Tassy, 1984 |
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Archaeobelodonwas an ancestor ofPlatybelodonandAmebelodon.Archaeobelodonhad atrunkandtusks.[2]It reached a weight of about 2305 - 3477kg,being smaller than a modernelephant.[3]
References
edit- ^Paleobiology database:Archaeobelodonbasic info
- ^Alberdi, M. T.; Prado, J. L.; Ortiz-Jaureguizar, E.; Posadas, P.; Donato, M. (2007),"Historical Biogeography of Trilophoont Gomphotheres (Mammalia, Proboscidea) Reconstructed Applying Dispersion-Vicariance Analysis"(PDF),in Díaz-Martínez, E.; Rábano, I. (eds.),Proceedings of the 4th European Meeting on the Palaeontology and Stratigraphy of Latin America, Zaragoza Spain 17-19 September 2007,Madrid: Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, pp. 9–14,ISBN978-84-7840-707-1,retrieved2008-07-28
- ^Göhlich, Ursula B. (February 2010). "The Proboscidea (Mammalia) from the Miocene of Sandelzhausen (southern Germany)".Paläontologische Zeitschrift.84(1): 163–204.Bibcode:2010PalZ...84..163G.doi:10.1007/s12542-010-0053-1.S2CID140539843.
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