Phosphatherium
Phosphatherium escuillei is a basal proboscidean that lived from the Late Paleocene to the early stages of the Ypresian age until the early Thanetian some 56 million years ago in North Africa. Research has suggested that Phosphatherium existed during the Eocene period.
| Phosphatherium | |
|---|---|
| Fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | †Numidotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Phosphatherium Gheerbrant, Sudre & Cappetta, 1996 |
| Species: | †P. escuillei |
| Binomial name | |
| †Phosphatherium escuillei Gheerbrant, Sudre & Cappetta, 1996 | |
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