Plesielephantiformes is an extinct clade of large herbivorous mammals and one of two suborders of the Proboscidea, a group containing elephants and their close relatives.[1]
| Plesielephantiformes Temporal range: Early Eocene to Early Pleistocene
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| Partial skeleton of a Deinotherium gigantissimum in the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History in Chisinau. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Suborder: | †Plesielephantiformes Shoshani et al., 2001 |
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References
edit- ^ J. Shoshani; W. J. Sanders; P. Tassy (2001). "Elephants and other Proboscideans: a summary of recent findings and new taxonomic suggestions" (PDF). The World of Elephants - International Congress, Rome 2001: 676–679. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-12.676-679&rft.date=2001&rft.au=J. Shoshani&rft.au=W. J. Sanders&rft.au=P. Tassy&rft_id=https://sovraintendenzaroma.it/sites/default/files/storage/original/application/6e8bbb96bbcd18fdce5e04fa5daea5fb.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Plesielephantiformes" class="Z3988">
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