互棱齒象科

互棱齒象科學名:)為長鼻目下已滅絕的一科,為現存的近親。本科原先是嵌齒象科下的一個亞科,近年的研究則認為牠們應屬獨立的一科[1][2][3]

互棱齒象科
化石时期:中新世 - 更新世
互棱齒象(A. arvernensis)復原圖'
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 哺乳纲 Mammalia
目: 长鼻目 Proboscidea
亚目: 象形亞目 Elephantiformes
演化支 象形下目 Elephantimorpha
小目: 象小目 Elephantida
总科: 象总科 Elephantoidea
科: 互棱齒象科 Anancidae
Hay, 1922
  • 互棱齒象屬 Anancus Aymard, 1855
  • Morrillia Osborn, 1924
  • 副四稜齒象屬 Paratetralophodon Tassy, 1983
  • Pediolophodon Lambert, 2007
  • 四稜齒象屬 Tetralophodon Falconer & Cautley, 1847

參考文獻

  1. J. Shoshani and P. Tassy. 2005. Advances in proboscidean taxonomy & classification, anatomy & physiology, and ecology & behavior. Quaternary International 126-128:5-20
  2. J. Shoshani and P. Tassy. 1996. Summary, conclusions, and a glimpse into the future. in J. Shoshani and P. Tassy, eds., The Proboscidea: Evolution and Palaeoecology of Elephants and Their Relatives 335-348
  3. Mothé D, Ferretti MP, Avilla LS (2016) "The Dance of Tusks: Rediscovery of Lower Incisors in the Pan-American Proboscidean Cuvieronius hyodon Revises Incisor Evolution in Elephantimorpha". PLoS ONE 11(1): e0147009. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147009
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