Stegodon insignis (Faloner & Cautley, 1846)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Falconer, H. and Cautley, P. T. (1846). Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis, Part I, Proboscidea: Smith, elder and Co., London.
Other references:
Joshi, R. V. et al. (1978). Fresh data on the Quaternary animal fossils and Stone Age cultures from the Central Narmada Valley, India. Asian Perspectives 21(2): 164-181.
Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]