Biology:Plesielephantiformes
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Plesielephantiformes is a proposed suborder of the Proboscidea, the group containing elephants and their close relatives. It was named and circumscribed in a 2001 study by Jeheskel Shoshani and colleagues to include Deinotheriidae, as well as Numidotheriidae and Barytheriidae.[1] While originally proposed to represent a monophyletic clade, based on the supposed unifying character of having bilophodont teeth,[1] most modern phylogenetic studies of Proboscidea find the group to be paraphyletic, with Deinotheriidae more closely related to Elephantiformes than to other supposed members of the group.[2]
Cladogram after Hautier et al. 2021:[2]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J. Shoshani; W. J. Sanders; P. Tassy (2001). "Elephants and other Proboscideans: a summary of recent findings and new taxonomic suggestions". The World of Elephants - International Congress, Rome 2001: 676–679. https://sovraintendenzaroma.it/sites/default/files/storage/original/application/6e8bbb96bbcd18fdce5e04fa5daea5fb.pdf.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hautier, Lionel; Tabuce, Rodolphe; Mourlam, Mickaël J.; Kassegne, Koffi Evenyon; Amoudji, Yawovi Zikpi; Orliac, Maëva; Quillévéré, Frédéric; Charruault, Anne-Lise et al. (2021-10-13). "New Middle Eocene proboscidean from Togo illuminates the early evolution of the elephantiform-like dental pattern" (in en). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288 (1960). doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.1439. ISSN 0962-8452. PMID 34641726. PMC 8511763. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2021.1439.
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