Selenetherium
Extinct genus of elephants
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Selenetherium ("moon mammal"[1]) is an extinct genus of elephantid proboscidean.[2][3] The type and only species is Selenetherium kolleensis, known from an incomplete mandible. It was found in the early (Zanclean) Pliocene sediments of Kolle, Chad.[1]
| Selenetherium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | Elephantidae |
| Subfamily: | †Stegotetrabelodontinae |
| Genus: | †Selenetherium Mackaye, Brunet & Tassy, 2005 |
