Elephas iolensis
Elephas iolensis is an extinct species of large herbivorous mammal belonging to the Elephantidae family. The type specimen is located in the National Museum of Natural History in Paris.[1] The species is thought to have lived in the African Savannah during the Late Pleistocene age, between 130,000 and 10,000 years ago.[2][3] It was a direct descendant of Elephas recki and more distantly, Elephas ekorensis.[4] By studying fossils of different species in Genus Elephas, especially the dental morphology, dental similarities have been found among Elephas iolensis and Elephas hysudricus[5]. This linkage indicates a parallel evolution in these two extinct species.
| Elephas iolensis Temporal range: Late Pleistocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | Elephantidae |
| Genus: | Elephas |
| Species: | E. iolensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Elephas iolensis Pomel, 1895 | |
References
- Todd, Nancy E. (2010). "New Phylogenetic Analysis of the Family Elephantidae Based on Cranial-Dental Morphology". The Anatomical Record. 293 (1): 74–90. doi:10.1002/ar.21010. PMID 19937636.
- Paul S. Martin, Richard G. Klein (1989). Quaternary Extinctions: A Prehistoric Revolution. University of Arizona Press. p. 91. ISBN 9780816511006.
- Whitfield, John (24 August 2001). "Genes reveal jumbo schism". Nature. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- Genoways, H.H. (2013). Current Mammalogy, Volume 1. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 131. ISBN 9781475799095.
- Todd, N. E. (2009, November 20). New Phylogenetic Analysis of the Family Elephantidae Based on Cranial‐Dental Morphology. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ar.21010
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