Loxodonta cookei
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| Loxodonta cookei | |
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| Reconstruction of Loxodonta cookei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | Elephantidae |
| Genus: | Loxodonta |
| Species: | †L. cookei |
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| †Loxodonta cookei Sanders, 2007 | |
Loxodonta cookei is an extinct species of African elephant. The specific epithet is dedicated to H. Basil S. Cooke, a paleontologist who specialized in extinct African mammals. Its fossils have been found in Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa. Most of the fossils found from this species were teeth.[1]
