Selenetherium kolleensis is the type and only species of an extinct elephantid genus, known from an incomplete mandible found in Early Pliocene sediments of Zanclean age at Kolle in Chad. The generic name means moon mammal. The species is known only from this single incomplete lower jaw, which limits what can be said about its size, diet or way of life, and it is one of several primitive elephantid genera recorded from Pliocene Africa.
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Source Selenetherium (Wikipedia)Species account, distributionQuote, Species account, distribution
It was found in the early (Zanclean) Pliocene sediments of Kolle, Chad
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1. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Selenetherium kolleensis
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, extant status
"is_extant": "extinct"
Taxon record, diet
"diet": "grazer, browser"
View the Source 2. Elephantidae - Wikipedia
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large terrestrial mammals with a snout modified into a trunk
3. Selenetherium (Wikipedia)
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is an extinct genus of elephantid proboscidean
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It was found in the early (Zanclean) Pliocene sediments of Kolle, Chad
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The type and only species is Selenetherium kolleensis
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is an extinct genus of elephantid proboscidean
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