Plesielephantiformes Temporal range: 56–2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Eocene to Early Pleistocene

Partial skeleton of a Deinotherium gigantissimum in the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History in Chisinau.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Suborder:	†Plesielephantiformes Shoshani et al., 2001
Families
†Numidotheriidae †Barytheriidae †Deinotheriidae

Plesielephantiformes is an extinct clade of large herbivorous mammals and one of two suborders of the Proboscidea, a group containing elephants and their close relatives.^[1]

References

^ J. Shoshani; W. J. Sanders; P. Tassy (2001). "Elephants and other Proboscideans: a summary of recent findings and new taxonomic suggestions". The World of Elephants - International Congress, Rome 2001: 676–679.

Genera of the order Proboscidea

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Superorder: Afrotheria
Clade: Tethytheria

†Arcanotherium †Daouitherium †Eritherium †Khamsaconus? †Moeritherium †Numidotherium †Phosphatherium †Saloumia
†Barytheriidae	Barytherium Omanitherium
†Deinotheriidae	Chilgatherium Deinotherium Prodeinotherium

Elephantiformes

†Dagbatitherium †Eritreum †Hemimastodon †Palaeomastodon †Phiomia
†Mammutidae	Eozygodon Losodokodon Mammut Sinomammut Zygolophodon
†Choerolophodontidae	Afrochoerodon Choerolophodon
†Amebelodontidae	Afromastodon Amebelodon Aphanobelodon Archaeobelodon Eurybelodon Konobelodon Platybelodon Progomphotherium Protanancus Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon
†"Trilophodont gomphotheres"	Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon Rhynchotherium Sinomastodon Stegomastodon
†"Tetralophodont gomphotheres"	Anancus Paratetralophodon Pediolophodon Tetralophodon
†Stegodontidae	Stegodon Stegolophodon
Elephantidae	Elephas Loxodonta †Mammuthus †Palaeoloxodon †Primelephas †Selenetherium †Stegodibelodon †Stegotetrabelodon

Barytherium grave

Gomphotherium angustidens

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