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There is an error here. The article is self-contradictory. Did it start in the Late Miocene, or the Late Pliocene? - 209.162.56.50 ( talk) 18:59, 9 January 2009 (UTC) reply

According to the abstract of this article: Hautier L., Mackaye H. T., Tassy P., Brunet M., Vignaud P. (2006). New data on Chadian anancines (Proboscidea, Mammalia). 54th Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy. this genus first evolved in the late Miocene. - 97.116.16.110 ( talk) 02:35, 5 February 2009 (UTC) reply