Archaeobelodon

Archaeobelodon is an extinct genus of proboscidean of the family Amebelodontidae that lived in Europe and North Africa (Egypt) during the Miocene from 18 to 17 million years ago

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Mammalia

Infraclass:Placentalia

Order:Proboscidea

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Archaeobelodon Temporal range: Early-Middle Miocene (MN4b-8) ~18–17 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Aqu. Burdig. Lan. Ser. Tortonian M Z P
Skeleton of A. filholi at the National Museum of Natural History, Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Family:	†Amebelodontidae
Genus:	†Archaeobelodon Tassy, 1984
Type species
†Archaeobelodon filholi Frick, 1933
Other Species
†A. tassyi Sanders and colleagues, 2026
Synonyms
A. filholi Serridentinus filholi Frick, 1933 A. tassyi Platybelodon kisumuensis Harris and Watkins, 1974 (Partim) Gomphotherium angustidens kisumuensis Savage and Willamson, 1978 Platybelodon sp. Pickford, 1981 Archaeobelodon aff. filholi Tassy, 1984 Gomphotherium cf. angustidens Leakey an Walker, 1985

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Archaeobelodon was an ancestor of Platybelodon and Amebelodon. Archaeobelodon had a trunk and tusks.^[1] It reached a weight of about 2.305–3.477 tonnes (2,305–3,477 kg), being smaller than a modern elephant.^[2]