Progomphotherium

{{Short description|Extinct family of mammals}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|23|11.6}}

| genus = Progomphotherium

| parent_authority = Pickford, 2003

| species = maraisi

| authority = Pickford, 2003

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Progomphotherium is an extinct genus of large herbivorous mammals closely related to elephants.{{fossilworks |id=374404 |title=Progomphotherium |date=14 May 2022}} Remains of Progomphotherium are known from Africa.{{cite journal|author=Shiqi Wang, Qinqin Shi, Wen He, Shanqin Chen, Xiang-Wen Yang|date=25 March 2016|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299477158|title=A new species of the tetralophodont amebelodontine Konobelodon Lambert, 1990 (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of China|journal=Geodiversitas|volume=38|issue=1|page=66-68|doi=10.5252/g2016n1a4}} It was considered as a member of Amebelodontinae but was excluded from this group in 2016 due to incomplete nature of known material.

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Category:Amebelodontidae

Category:Prehistoric placental genera

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