Stegodon aurorae

Stegodon aurorae
Temporal range: Plio-Pleistocene
Replica of the well-preserved Akebono elephant skeleton from Taga, Shiga Prefecture (Mie Prefectural Museum)
Model of Stegodon aurorae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: †Stegodontidae
Genus: †Stegodon
Species:
†S. aurorae
Binomial name
†Stegodon aurorae
(Matsumoto, 1918)[1]
Synonyms
  • Elephas aurorae (protonym)[1]
  • Parastegodon aurorae[2]
  • Parastegodon akashiensis[3]
  • Parastegodon infrequens[4]
  • Parastegodon? kwantoensis[5]
  • Parastegodon sugiyamai[6]
  • Stegodon (Parastegodon) aurorae
  • Stegodon akashiensis
  • Stegodon infrequens
  • Stegodon kwantoensis
  • Stegodon sugiyamai
  • Stegodon shodoensis (partim)

Stegodon aurorae is an extinct species of Stegodon known from Early Pleistocene (2.0 Ma – 1.0 Ma) of Japan and possibly Taiwan.[7][8]: 487  It appears to be an insular dwarf species, exhibiting smaller body size than its mainland ancestors.

  1. ^ a b Matsumoto Hikoshichirō (1918). "On a New Archetypal Fossil Elephant from Mt. Tomuro, Kaga". Science Reports of the Tohoku University. Second Series, Geology. 3 (2): 51–56. hdl:10097/30161. ISSN 0082-464X.
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  7. ^ Takahashi, K.; Chang, C.H.; Cheng, Y.N. (2001). "Proboscidean fossils from the Japanese Archipelago and Taiwan Islands and their relationship with the Chinese mainland". In Cavarretta, G.; Gioia, P.; Mussi, M.; Palombo, M.R. (eds.). The World of Elephants (PDF). Rome: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. pp. 148–151. ISBN 88-8080-025-6.
  8. ^ Aiba, H.; Baba, K.; Matsukawa, M. (2010). "A new species of Stegodon (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from the Kazusa Group (lower Pleistocene), Hachioji City, Tokyo, Japan and its evolutionary morphodynamics". Palaeontology. 53 (3): 471–490. Bibcode:2010Palgy..53..471A. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00953.x. S2CID 128161878.