Mammuthus africanavus

Mammuthus africanavus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Proboscidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulata Ordo: Proboscidea

Familia: Elephantidae
Genus: †Mammuthus
Species: †Mammuthus africanavus

Name

Mammuthus africanavus (Arambourg, 1952)

Type locality: Villa-franchian (Lower Pleistocene) of Ichkeul, Tunisia.

Synonyms

• Elephas africanavus Arambourg, 1952
• Loxodonta africanava

References

• Arambourg, C. 1952: Note préliminaire sur quelques éléphants fossiles de Berbérie. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris (2)24: 407­-418, pl. 1, fig. 1­9.

Vernacular names

English: North African mammoth