Stegotetrabelodon

Stegotetrabelodon is an extinct genus of primitive elephantids 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.

Stegotetrabelodon

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ElephantidaePBDB
Diet
grazer, browserPBDB, for Elephantidae
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Elephantidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 6.2 million years on record.

The record covers at least 11.63 Mya to 5.333 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 2.58 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 26 occurrencesMiocene — about 21 of 26 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 5 of 26 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 0 of 26 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences21–21 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences19–19 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences14–14 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences11–11 Mya — about 1 occurrence11–9.9 Mya — about 1 occurrence9.9–9.2 Mya — about 1 occurrence9.2–8.5 Mya — about 1 occurrence8.5–7.8 Mya — about 1 occurrence7.8–7.1 Mya — about 2 occurrences7.1–6.4 Mya — about 4 occurrences6.4–5.7 Mya — about 4 occurrences5.7–4.9 Mya — about 3 occurrences4.9–4.2 Mya — about 2 occurrences4.2–3.5 Mya — about 2 occurrences3.5–2.8 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences2.8–2.1 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences11.63 Mya5.333 Mya23.5 Mya2.1 Mya

26 occurrences of Stegotetrabelodon on record, most of them in the Miocene. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

26 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

13 formations

Adu-Asa — 10.32°N, 40.25°EAdu-Asa — 10.37°N, 40.23°EAdu-Asa — 10.43°N, 40.42°ENawata and Nachukui — 2.88°N, 36.07°ENawata and Nachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°ELukeino — 0.50°N, 35.67°EOluka — 1.00°N, 30.50°EKakara — 1.00°N, 30.50°ESahabi — 30.50°N, 17.50°ESahabi — 30.14°N, 20.75°ELothagam 1 — 2.88°N, 36.07°ENachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EMpesida — 0.83°N, 35.83°EWembere-Manonga — 4.03°S, 33.75°ENawata — 2.90°N, 36.05°ENawata or Nachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EPietra Leccese — 40.15°N, 18.50°E

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The named rock units Stegotetrabelodon has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 1 occurrence has no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Stegotetrabelodon and its relatives

Miocene

Where Stegotetrabelodon and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

274 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 24 sites for Stegotetrabelodon, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

16 references

Each of the 26 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 4 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Stegotetrabelodon

Credit
ДиБгд
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Petrocchi 1941