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Selenetherium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Family:	Elephantidae
Subfamily:	†Stegotetrabelodontinae
Genus:	†Selenetherium Mackaye, Brunet & Tassy, 2005

Selenetherium ("moon mammal") is an extinct genus of elephantid proboscidean. 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.

References

1. ^ Hassane Taïsso Mackaye, Michel Brunet, Pascal Tassy (2005). "Selenetherium kolleensis nov. gen. nov. sp.: un nouveau Proboscidea (Mammalia) dans le Pliocène tchadien ". Geobios. 38 (6). doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2003.09.010.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. 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
3. van der Made, Jan (2010), "The evolution of the elephants and their relatives in the context of changing climate and geography", in Höhne, D. & Schwarz, W. (eds.), Elefantentreich - Eine Fossilwelt in Europa, Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archälogie Sachsen-Anhalt & Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte, Halle, pp. 340–360, retrieved 2018-05-02

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See also: Plesielephantiformes Numidotheriidae Elephantimorpha Elephantida Elephantoidea

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