Suborder Elephantiformes Tassy 1988 (proboscidean)
Parent taxon: Proboscidea according to J. Shoshani et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Barytherioidea, Barytherium, Cryptomastodon, Deinotheriidae, Deinotherioidea, Elephantoidea, Eritherium, Euelephantoidea, Hemimastodontidae, Mastodontidae, Moeritheriidae, Moeritherioidea, Neodesmostylus, Plesielephantiformes
Subtaxa: Elephantimorpha, Hemimastodon, Palaeomastodon, Palaeomastodontidae, Phiomiidae
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser