The African elephant is abundantly represented by quite a large number of semi-fossilized teeth but none of these can be differentiated even sub-specifically from the living form and the problem of the origin of this species remains obscure. Simpson9s reclassification of the Mammalia is approved with respect to Proboscidea although a critical revision of specific identifications was found necessary.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
H. B. S. Cooke (1947) studied this question.