Archaeobelodon

Archaeobelodon is an extinct genus of proboscidean of the family Amebelodontidae that lived in Europe and North Africa (Egypt) during the Miocene from 16.9 to 16.0 Ma, living for approximately 0.9 million years.^[1]

Mandible

Archaeobelodon Temporal range: Miocene
Skeleton
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Family:	†Amebelodontidae
Genus:	†Archaeobelodon Tassy, 1984
Species
A. filholi

Archaeobelodon was an ancestor of Platybelodon and Amebelodon. Archaeobelodon had a trunk and tusks.^[2] It reached a weight of about 2305 - 3477 kg, being smaller than a modern elephant.^[3]