A proboscidean from the late Oligocene of Eritrea, a "missing link" between early Elephantiformes and Elephantimorpha, and biogeographic implications

Shoshani, J. Walter, R. C. Abraha, M. Berhe, S. Tassy, P. Sanders, W. J. Marchant, G. H. Libsekal, Y. Ghirmai, T. Zinner, D. 2006 A proboscidean from the late Oligocene of Eritrea, a "missing link" between early Elephantiformes and Elephantimorpha, and biogeographic implications Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 103 17296-17301 OutgroupA OutgroupB Anthracobune Moeritheriidae Numidotheriidae Barytheriidae Deinotheriidae Palaeomastodon Phiomia Eozygodon Zygolophodon Mammut Choerolophodon Eritreaum Gomphotherium Serridentinus Amebelodon Platybelodon Serbelodon Protanancus Archaeobelodon Gnathabelodon Sinomastodon Eubelodon Rhynchotherium Stegomastodon Haplomastodon Notiomastodon Cuvieronius Tetralophodon Anancus Paratetralophodon Stegolophodon Stegodon Stegotetrabelodon Stegodibelodon Primelephas Loxodonta Elephas Mammuthus Osteology Maximum Parsimony Based on reanalysis of the original matrix. Shoshani_etal_2006a