Elephantoidea

Elephantoidea; Temporal range: Miocene–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Clade:	Elephantida
Superfamily:	Elephantoidea; Gray, 1821
Families
	"Tetralophodont gomphotheres" †Anancus; †Paratetralophodon; †Pediolophodon; †Tetralophodon; ; †Stegodontidae; Elephantidae;

Elephantoidea is a taxonomic group that contains the

stegodontids and "tetralophodont gomphotheres", the latter of which are otherwise placed in Gomphotheriidae. An autapomorphic feature of the group is the presence of a checkerboard pattern formed by dentinal tubules.^[1]

References

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