Loxodonta cookei
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | Elephantidae |
| Genus: | Loxodonta |
| Species: | †L. cookei
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| †Loxodonta cookei Sanders, 2007
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Loxodonta cookei is an extinct species of African elephant. The specific epithet is dedicated to H. Basil S. Cooke, a paleontologist who specialized in extinct African mammals. Its fossils have been found in Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa. Most of the fossils found from this species were teeth.[1]
Palaeobiology
Palaeoecology
L. cookei exhibits noticeably more hypsodont dentition than earlier elephantids, which likely reflects an increased prevalence of abrasive dust in the environment relative to previous African palaeoenvironments.[2]
References
- ^ Sanders, W. (2007). "Taxonomic review of fossil Proboscidea (Mammalia) from Langebaanweg, South Africa" (PDF). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 62 (1) (Online ed.): 1–16. doi:10.1080/00359190709519192. S2CID 27499106.
- ^ Saarinen, Juha; Lister, Adrian M. (14 August 2023). "Fluctuating climate and dietary innovation drove ratcheted evolution of proboscidean dental traits". Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7 (9): 1490–1502. doi:10.1038/s41559-023-02151-4. ISSN 2397-334X. PMC 10482678. PMID 37580434. Retrieved 20 December 2025 – via Nature.
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