Elephantimorpha
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Elephantimorpha is a group that contains the Mammutidae (mastodons), as well as Elephantida (amebelodonts, choerolophodonts, gomphotheres, stegodontids and elephantids). All members of this group have the horizontal tooth replacement typical of modern elephants, unlike more primitive members of the Elephantiformes.[2] Like modern elephants, the ancestor of Elephantimorpha was likely capable of communicating via infrasonic calls.[3]
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Elephantimorphs | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Proboscidea |
Suborder: | Elephantiformes |
Clade: | Elephantimorpha Tassy & Shoshani, 1997 |
Subgroups[1] | |
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