Choerolophodon

Choerolophodon; Temporal range: Miocene,
	Skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Family:	†Choerolophodontidae
Genus:	†Choerolophodon; Schlesinger, 1917
Species
	C. pentelici (Gaudry and Lartet, 1856) (type); C. anatolicus (Ozansoy 1965); C. palaeindicus (Lydekker, 1894); C. corrugatus (Pilgrim, 1913); C. chioticus Tobien, 1980; C. guangheensis Wang and Deng, 2011; C. ngorora (Maglio, 1974); C. zaltaniensis Gaziry, 1987;
Synonyms
	Mastodon pentelicus Gaudry and Lartet, 1856;

Choerolophodon is an extinct genus of proboscidean that lived during the Miocene of Eurasia and Africa. Fossils of Choerolophodon have been found in Africa, Southeast Europe, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, the Indian subcontinent, and China.

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