- Group:
- Proboscideans (elephants & mammoths)
- Scientific name:
- Elephas americanus
- Last recorded:
- ~13,726 years ago (Late Pleistocene)
- Epoch:
- Late Pleistocene
🦣 Deep time: the last-appearance date above (~13,726 years ago (Late Pleistocene)) is measured in geological time, not calendar years. Data from the Paleobiology Database (PBDB).
Frequently asked questions
- What was Elephas americanus?
- Elephas americanus is an extinct Late-Pleistocene species in the Proboscideans (elephants & mammoths) group, with a last-appearance date of ~13,726 years ago (Late Pleistocene).
- When did Elephas americanus go extinct?
- Its last-appearance date is ~13,726 years ago (Late Pleistocene).
- What kind of animal was Elephas americanus?
- Proboscideans (elephants & mammoths)
Related Proboscideans (elephants & mammoths)
- Amahuacatherium peruvium · ~13,726 years ago (Late Pleistocene)
- Archidiskodon sonoriensis · ~131,026 years ago (Late Pleistocene)
- Elephas boreus · ~13,726 years ago (Late Pleistocene)
- Elephas eellsi · ~131,026 years ago (Late Pleistocene)
- Elephas floridanus · ~131,026 years ago (Late Pleistocene)
- Elephas imperator · ~13,726 years ago (Late Pleistocene)
- Elephas jacksoni · ~131,026 years ago (Late Pleistocene)
- Elephas jeffersonii · ~131,026 years ago (Late Pleistocene)