Selenetherium

Selenetherium
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Elephantidae
Subfamily: †Stegotetrabelodontinae
Genus: †Selenetherium
Mackaye, Brunet & Tassy, 2005

Selenetherium ("moon mammal") is an extinct genus of elephantid proboscidean. The type and only species is Selenetherium kolleensis, known from an incomplete mandible. It was found in the early (Zanclean) Pliocene sediments of Kolle, Chad.

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