- of
proboscideans that
contains the
Mammutidae (mastodons), as well as
Elephantida (amebelodonts, c****olophodonts, gomphotheres,
stegodontids and elephantids)...
-
horizontal tooth replacement evolved in
parallel in
mammutids and
members of
Elephantida (which
includes gomphotheres and elephants),
though this is uncertain...
-
mastodons (family Mammutidae), as well as
modern elephants and
gomphotheres (
Elephantida),
which are
distinguished from more
primitive elephantiforms by the development...
- †Mammutidae (mastodons)
Elephantida...
- Over the
course of the
Neogene and Pleistocene,
various members of
Elephantida shifted from a browse-dominated diet
towards mixed feeding or grazing...
-
Animalia Phylum:
Chordata class:
Mammalia Order:
Proboscidea Clade:
Elephantida Superfamily:
Elephantoidea Gray, 1821
Families "Tetralophodont gomphotheres"...
-
Chordata class:
Mammalia Superorder:
Afrotheria Clade:
Tethytheria See also:
Plesielephantiformes Numidotheriidae Elephantimorpha Elephantida Elephantoidea...
-
Animalia Phylum:
Chordata class:
Mammalia Order:
Proboscidea Clade:
Elephantida Superfamily:
Elephantoidea Family:
Elephantidae Genus: †Palaeoloxodon...
- the
elephantimorph clade Mammutida (the
other elephantimorph clade is
Elephantida). The
Mammutidae is
characterized by
molars with zygodont-form crests...
-
Animalia Phylum:
Chordata class:
Mammalia Order:
Proboscidea Clade:
Elephantida Family: †Amebelodontidae Barbour, 1927
Genera †Afromastodon Pickford...
