A proboscidean from the late Oligocene of Eritrea, a ‘‘missing link’’ between early Elephantiformes and Elephantimorpha, and biogeographic implications

J. Shoshani, R. C. Walter, M. Abraha, S. Berhe, P. Tassy, W. J. Sanders, G. H. Marchant, Y. Libsekal, T. Ghirmai, and D. Zinner

2006

Article

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103(46):17296-17301

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Elephantida
• Elephantimorpha
• Eritreaum
• Eritreum
• Eritreum melakeghebrekristosi
• Gomphotherioidea
• Mammutida
• Phiomiidae

Taxonomy:

• Elephantiformes belongs to Proboscidea - Shoshani et al. (2006)
• Palaeomastodontidae belongs to Elephantiformes - Shoshani et al. (2006)
• Phiomiidae belongs to Elephantiformes - Shoshani et al. (2006)
• Elephantimorpha belongs to Elephantiformes - Shoshani et al. (2006)
• Mammutida belongs to Elephantimorpha - Shoshani et al. (2006)
• Mammutidae belongs to Mammutida - Shoshani et al. (2006)
• Elephantida belongs to Elephantimorpha - Shoshani et al. (2006)
• Gomphotherioidea belongs to Elephantida - Shoshani et al. (2006)
• Gomphotheriidae belongs to Gomphotherioidea - Shoshani et al. (2006)
• Stegodontidae belongs to Elephantoidea - Shoshani et al. (2006)
• Elephantidae belongs to Elephantoidea - Shoshani et al. (2006)
• Eritreum belongs to Elephantimorpha - Shoshani et al. (2006)
• Eritreum melakeghebrekristosi belongs to Eritreum - Shoshani et al. (2006)
• Eritreaum belongs to Elephantimorpha - Shoshani et al. (2006)