Stegotetrabelodon
| Stegotetrabelodon Temporal range: Late Miocene to Early Pliocene, | |
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| Restoration of Stegotetrabelodon syrticus | |
| Stegotetrabelodon molar tooth | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | Elephantidae |
| Genus: | †Stegotetrabelodon Petrocchi, 1941 |
| Type species | |
| † Stegotetrabelodon syrticus Petrocchi, 1941 | |
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Stegotetrabelodon ("four roofed tusked-tooth") is an extinct genus of primitive elephantid from the Late Miocene to Early Pliocene of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and Italy. It is the earliest and most primitive member of the family, notably retaining long lower tusks, which are the longest known of any proboscidean.