Family Elephantidae Gray 1821 (elephant)
PaleoDB taxon number: 43263
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310
Parent taxon: Elephantoidea according to J. Shoshani et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Mammutoidea, Paratetralophodon, Stegodontidae
Subtaxa: Elephantinae, Selenetherium, Stegodibelodon, Stegodon, Stegodontinae, Stegotetrabelodon, Stegotetrabelodontinae, Suina
Type: Elephas
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser