Global InformationStegodon aurorae information
| 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 
| |
| 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 | |
| |
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Parastegodonwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
akashiensiswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
infrequenswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
kwantoensiswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
sugiyamaiwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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.
- ^ 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. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00953.x. S2CID 128161878.