Mammuthus subplanifrons
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Mammuthus subplanifrons (also known as South African Mammoth) is an extinct species of mammoth
that inhabited all of South Africa
during the Pliocene
. It was a subspecies of the African Mammoth
(Mammuthus africanavus).
Mammoth
A mammoth is any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus. These proboscideans are members of Elephantidae, the family of elephants and mammoths, and close relatives of modern elephants. They were often equipped with long curved tusks and, in northern species, a covering of long hair...
that inhabited all of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
during the Pliocene
Pliocene
The Pliocene Epoch is the period in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.332 million to 2.588 million years before present. It is the second and youngest epoch of the Neogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. The Pliocene follows the Miocene Epoch and is followed by the Pleistocene Epoch...
. It was a subspecies of the African Mammoth
Mammuthus africanavus
The African Mammoth, Mammuthus africanavus, , is among the oldest of mammoth species, having first appeared around 4.8 million years ago during the Pliocene. Its fossils have been found in Pliocene deposits in Chad, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia....
(Mammuthus africanavus).