Progomphotherium
Progomphotherium is an extinct genus of large herbivorous mammals that were closely related to elephants. Remains of Progomphotherium are known from Africa. It was considered as a member of Amebelodontinae but was exluded from this group in 2016 due to incomplete nature of known material.
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | †Amebelodontidae |
| Genus: | †Progomphotherium Pickford, 2003 |
| Species: | †P. maraisi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Progomphotherium maraisi Pickford, 2003 | |
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