Selenetherium
Extinct genus of elephants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Selenetherium ("moon mammal"[1]) is an extinct genus of elephantid proboscidean.[2][3] The type and only species is Selenetherium kolleensis, known from an incomplete mandible. It was found in the early (Zanclean) Pliocene sediments of Kolle, Chad.[1]
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Selenetherium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Proboscidea |
Family: | Elephantidae |
Subfamily: | †Stegotetrabelodontinae |
Genus: | †Selenetherium Mackaye, Brunet & Tassy, 2005 |
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