Stegodon aurorae

Stegodon aurorae
Temporal range: Plio-Pleistocene
Replica of the well-preserved Akebono elephant skeleton from Taga, Shiga Prefecture (Mie Prefectural Museum)
Model of Stegodon aurorae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: †Stegodontidae
Genus: †Stegodon
Species:
†S. aurorae
Binomial name
†Stegodon aurorae
(Matsumoto, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Elephas aurorae (protonym)
  • Parastegodon aurorae
  • Parastegodon akashiensis
  • Parastegodon infrequens
  • Parastegodon? kwantoensis
  • Parastegodon sugiyamai
  • Stegodon (Parastegodon) aurorae
  • Stegodon akashiensis
  • Stegodon infrequens
  • Stegodon kwantoensis
  • Stegodon sugiyamai
  • Stegodon shodoensis (partim)

Stegodon aurorae is an extinct species of Stegodon known from Early Pleistocene (2.0 Ma – 1.0 Ma) of Japan and possibly Taiwan.: 487  It appears to be an insular dwarf species, exhibiting smaller body size than its mainland ancestors.

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