Selenetherium Explained

Selenetherium ("moon mammal") is an extinct genus of elephantid proboscidean.[1] The type and only species is Selenetherium kolleensis, known from an incomplete mandible. It was found in the early (Zanclean) Pliocene sediments of Kolle, Chad.[2]

Notes and References

  1. H. T. Mackaye, M. Brunet, and P. Tassy. 2005. Selenetherium kolleensis nov. gen. nov. sp.: un nouveau Proboscidea (Mammalia) dans le Pliocène tchadien. Geobios 38(6):765-777
  2. Hassane Taïsso Mackaye, Michel Brunet, Pascal Tassy. 2005. Selenetherium kolleensis nov. gen. nov. sp.: un nouveau Proboscidea (Mammalia) dans le Pliocène tchadien [Selenetherium kolleensis nov. gen. nov. sp.: a new Proboscidea (Mammalia) in the Chadian Pliocene]. Geobios. 38. 6. 10.1016/j.geobios.2003.09.010.

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