Choerolophodontidae Temporal range: Miocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Proboscidea |
Clade: | Elephantida |
Family: | †
Choerolophodontidae Gaziry, 1976 |
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Choerolophodontidae is an extinct family of large herbivorous mammals that were closely related to elephants. Two genera are known, Afrochoerodon and Choerolophodon. [1]
Although usually classified as part of Gomphotheriidae, cladistic analysis recovers choerolophodont gomphotheres as basal to trilophodont gomphotheres and therefore a distinct family. [2]
Fossils of choerolophodontids have been found in Africa, China, Anatolia, and the Balkans. [3] [4]