Stegolophodon
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| Stegolophodon Temporal range: Miocene–Pleistocene | |
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| Tooth of Stegolophodon latidens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | †Stegodontidae |
| Genus: | †Stegolophodon Pohlig, 1888 |
Stegolophodon cautleyi
Stegolophodon is an extinct genus of proboscidean. Stegolophodon was a gomphothere with four tusks and a trunk. It lived in the Miocene and Pliocene Epochs, and may have evolved into Stegodon.
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