Biology:Loxodonta cookei
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Short description: Extinct species of elephant
| Loxodonta cookei Temporal range: Late Miocene - Early Pliocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | Elephantidae |
| Genus: | Loxodonta |
| Species: | †L. cookei
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| †Loxodonta cookei Sanders, 2007
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Loxodonta cookei is an extinct species of African elephant. The species name is dedicated to H. Basil S. Cooke, a paleontologist who specialized in extinct African mammals. It is found in Uganda,Tanzania and South Africa . Most of the fossils found from this species were teeth.[1]
References
- ↑ Sanders, W. (2007). "Taxonomic review of fossil Proboscidea (Mammalia) from Langebaanweg, South Africa". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 62 (1): 1–16. doi:10.1080/00359190709519192. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/billsanders/wp-content/uploads/sites/382/2016/04/AP-SANDERS-REVISED.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q105063430 entry
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