Biology:Morrillia
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals
Morrillia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Proboscidea |
Superfamily: | Elephantoidea |
Genus: | †Morrillia Osborn, 1924 |
Morrillia is an extinct genus of proboscidean in the superfamily Elephantoidea,[1] endemic to North America during the Pleistocene epoch from 1.810 Ma—300,000 years ago, living for approximately 1.5 million years.[2]
Fossil distribution
Fossil distribution is restricted to Navajo County, Arizona and Briscoe County, Texas.
References
- ↑ Shoshani, J.; Tassy, P. (2005). "Advances in proboscidean taxonomy & classification, anatomy & physiology, and ecology & behavior". Quaternary International 126-128: 5–20. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2004.04.011.
- ↑ Paleobiology database: Morrillia basic info
Wikidata ☰ Q16985997 entry