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Loxodonta cookei Temporal range: Late Miocene - Early Pliocene

Reconstruction of Loxodonta cookei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Family:	Elephantidae
Genus:	Loxodonta
Species:	†L. cookei
Binomial name
†Loxodonta cookei Sanders, 2007

Loxodonta cookei is an extinct species of African elephant. The species name 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]

References

Genera of the order Proboscidea

†Arcanotherium †Daouitherium †Eritherium †Khamsaconus? †Moeritherium †Numidotherium †Phosphatherium †Saloumia
†Barytheriidae	Barytherium Omanitherium
†Deinotheriidae	Chilgatherium Deinotherium Prodeinotherium

†Dagbatitherium †Eritreum †Hemimastodon †Palaeomastodon †Phiomia
†Mammutidae	Eozygodon Losodokodon Mammut Sinomammut Zygolophodon
†Choerolophodontidae	Afrochoerodon Choerolophodon
†Amebelodontidae	Afromastodon Amebelodon Aphanobelodon Archaeobelodon Eurybelodon Konobelodon Platybelodon Progomphotherium Protanancus Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon
†"Trilophodont gomphotheres"	Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon Rhynchotherium Sinomastodon Stegomastodon
†"Tetralophodont gomphotheres"	Anancus Paratetralophodon Pediolophodon Tetralophodon
†Stegodontidae	Stegodon Stegolophodon
Elephantidae	Elephas Loxodonta †Mammuthus †Palaeoloxodon †Primelephas †Selenetherium †Stegodibelodon †Stegotetrabelodon †Phanagoroloxodon

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