- Mammuthus africanavus
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African Mammoth
Temporal range: Early PlioceneScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Proboscidea Family: Elephantidae Genus: Mammuthus Species: M. africanavus Binomial name Mammuthus africanavus
Arambourg, 1952The African Mammoth, Mammuthus africanavus, (literally, "African Ancestor Mammoth"), is among the oldest of mammoth species, having first appeared around 4.8 million years ago during the Pliocene. Its fossils have been found in Pliocene deposits in Chad, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia.
- Prehistoric elephants
- Pliocene mammals
- Prehistoric mammal stubs
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