Choerolophodontidae

Choerolophodontidae Temporal range: 17–7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Miocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Clade:	Elephantida
Family:	†Choerolophodontidae Gaziry, 1976
Genera
†Afrochoerodon Pickford, 2001 †Choerolophodon Schlesinger, 1917 †Gnathabelodon? Barbour & Sternberg, 1935

Choerolophodontidae is an extinct family of proboscideans belonging to Elephantida. Two genera are widely recognised, Afrochoerodon and Choerolophodon.[1]

Taxonomy

Although usually classified as part of Gomphotheriidae, cladistic analysis recovers choerolophodont gomphotheres as basal to trilophodont gomphotheres and therefore a distinct family.[2] Some studies have included the North American Gnathabelodon within the family.[3]

Distribution

Fossils of choerolophodontids have been found in Africa, China, Anatolia, and the Balkans.[4][5]

References

1. J. Shoshani and P. Tassy. 2005. "Advances in proboscidean taxonomy & classification, anatomy & physiology, and ecology & behavior". Quaternary International 126-128:5-20
2. Mothé, D.; Ferretti, M.P.; Avilla, L.S. (2016). "The dance of tusks: rediscovery of lower incisors in the pan-American Proboscidean Cuvieronius hyodon revises incisor evolution in Elephantimorpha". PLOS ONE. 11 (1): e0147009. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1147009M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147009. PMC 4710528. PMID 26756209.
3. Li, Chunxiao; Deng, Tao; Wang, Yang; Sun, Fajun; Wolff, Burt; Jiangzuo, Qigao; Ma, Jiao; Xing, Luda; Fu, Jiao (2023-11-28), "Longer mandible or nose? Co-evolution of feeding organs in early elephantiforms", eLife, 12, doi:10.7554/eLife.90908.1, retrieved 2024-05-29
4. Şahin, Serkan (January 2012). "Choerolophodontinae from the Miocene of Anatolia Dispersals and Paleoecology". 18th Congress of the European Anthropological Association 3–6 September 2012 - Ankara, Turkey.
5. "subfamily Choerolophodontinae Gaziry 1976 (gomphothere)". fossilworks.