Morrillia
Morrillia Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Proboscidea |
Superfamily: | Elephantoidea |
Genus: | †Morrillia Osborn, 1924 |
Morrillia is an extinct genus of proboscidean in the superfamily Elephantoidea,[1] endemic to North America during the Pleistocene epoch from 1.810 Ma—300,000 years ago, living for approximately 1.5 million years.[2]
Fossil distribution[]
Fossil distribution is restricted to Navajo County, Arizona and Briscoe County, Texas.
References[]
- ^ Shoshani, J.; Tassy, P. (2005). "Advances in proboscidean taxonomy & classification, anatomy & physiology, and ecology & behavior". Quaternary International. 126–128: 5–20. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2004.04.011.
- ^ Paleobiology database: Morrillia basic info
Categories:
- Elephantoidea
- Prehistoric placental genera
- Pleistocene proboscideans
- Pleistocene mammals of North America
- Fossil taxa described in 1924
- Prehistoric afrotherian stubs