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Mammuthus subplanifrons

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Specimens have been reported from South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Malawi, and possibly Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, spanning from around 6.2 to 3.75 million years ago.
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A 2016 study attributed the skull and partial skeleton KNM-KP 385 to the species, but this in error and actually represents the holotype skeleton of
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The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology Volume 293, Issue 1, Article first published online: 20 Nov 2009:
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in South Africa. However, it has been subsequently argued that this specimen does not actually belong to
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Tusks attributed to the species suggest that they were twisted like later mammoth species.
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Groenewald, Patricia A.; Sealy, Judith; Stynder, Deano; Smith, Kathlyn M. (April 2020).
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in 1928. The type specimen is a partial lower third molar (MMK 3920) collected from the
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Isotope analysis of specimens from South Africa suggests that
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Sanders, William J.; Haile-Selassie, Yohannes (June 2012).
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The species is primarily known from dental remains.
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Late Miocene
Early Pliocene
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Proboscidea
Elephantidae
Mammuthus
Binomial name
Osborn
Synonyms
Mammuthus
Miocene
Pliocene

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