| Elephas platycephalus Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene | |
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| An unfinished model of Elephas platycephalus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | Elephantidae |
| Genus: | Elephas |
| Species: | †E. platycephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Elephas platycephalus | |
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Elephas platycephalus is an extinct species of elephants that were closely related to Asian elephants. It lived between 130,000 and 700,000 years ago during the Middle Pleistocene period. Fossils have been found in the upper Sivalik Hills.