Progomphotherium

Progomphotherium
Temporal range:
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

Progomphotherium is an extinct genus of large herbivorous mammals closely related to elephants. Remains of Progomphotherium are known from Africa. It was considered as a member of Amebelodontinae but was excluded from this group in 2016 due to incomplete nature of known material.

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