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Phosphatherium
| Phosphatherium Temporal range: [Ypresian]
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| Holotype of the species Phosphatherium escuilliei | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | †Numidotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Phosphatherium Gheerbrant, Sudre & Cappetta, 1996[1] |
| Species: | †P. escuillei
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| Binomial name | |
| †Phosphatherium escuillei Gheerbrant, Sudre & Cappetta, 1996[1]
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Phosphatherium escuillei Gheerbrant, Sudre et Cappetta 1996 is a basal proboscidean that lived in Africa during the early Eocene, by 56-55 Ma. [2][3] It is one of the earliest known proboscidean, together with Eritherium azzouzorum from the Selandian (about 60 Ma).[4][5] It was found in phosphorites beds from the base of the Ypresian stage of the Ouled Abdoun Basin, which is best known for its exceptionally rich marine vertebrate fauna.[6][7]
- ^ a b Gheerbrant, E.; Sudre, J.; Cappetta, H. (1996). "A Palaeocene proboscidean from Morocco". Nature. 383 (6595): 68–71. Bibcode:1996Natur.383...68G. doi:10.1038/383068a0. S2CID 4362199.
- ^ http://www3.planetarioroma.it/content/download/4908/62991/file/637_638.pdf. Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Gheerbrant, Gheerbrant (2003). "Les localités à mammifères des carrières de Grand Daoui, Bassin des Ouled Abdoun, Maroc, Yprésien : premier état des lieux" (PDF). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. 174 (3): 279–293. doi:10.2113/174.3.279.
- ^ Gheerbrant, Emmanuel (2009-06-30). "Paleocene emergence of elephant relatives and the rapid radiation of African ungulates". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106 (26): 10717–10721. doi:10.1073/pnas.0900251106. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 2705600. PMID 19549873.
- ^ Kocsis, Lászlό; Gheerbrant, Emmanuel; Mouflih, Mustapha; Cappetta, Henri; Yans, Johan; Amaghzaz, Mbarek (2014). "Comprehensive stable isotope investigation of marine biogenic apatite from the late Cretaceous–early Eocene phosphate series of Morocco". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 394: 74–88. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.11.002.
- ^ Arambourg, Camille (1952). Les vertébrés fossiles des gisements de phosphates (Maroc - Algérie Tunisie) (in French). Notes et Mémoires du Service géologique du Maroc (Rabat).
- ^ Zouhri, Samir (2017). Paléontologie des vertébrés du Maroc: état des connaissances. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France. Paris: Société géologique de France. ISBN 978-2-85363-099-3.
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