Loxodonta cookei
Extinct species of elephant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Loxodonta cookei is an extinct species of African elephant. The species name is dedicated to H. Basil S. Cooke, a paleontologist who specialized in extinct African mammals. Its fossils have been found in Uganda,Tanzania and South Africa. Most of the fossils found from this species were teeth.[1]
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Quick Facts Loxodonta cookei Temporal range: Late Miocene - Early Pliocene, Scientific classification ...
Loxodonta cookei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Proboscidea |
Family: | Elephantidae |
Genus: | Loxodonta |
Species: | †L. cookei |
Binomial name | |
†Loxodonta cookei Sanders, 2007 | |
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