Loxodonta adaurora
Loxodonta adaurora is an extinct species of elephant in the genus "Loxodonta", that of the African elephants. Fossils of "Loxodonta adaurora" have only been found in Africa, where they developed in the Pliocene. "L. adaurora" was presumed to be the genetic antecedent of the two modern African elephant species; however, an analysis in 2009 suggested that "L. africana "evolved from "L. atlantica". The same study concluded that "Loxodonta adaurora" was morphologically indistinguishable from "Mammuthus subplanifrons" and that these constituted the same species.