Protanancus
| Protanancus Temporal range:
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|---|---|
| Protanancus brevirostris (Gervais, 1859) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | †Amebelodontidae |
| Genus: | †Protanancus Arambourg, 1945 |
| Type species | |
| Protanancus macinnesi Arambourg, 1945
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Protanancus is an extinct genus of amebelodontid proboscidean native to Africa and Asia during the Miocene epoch. The generic name is derived from the unrelated Anancus, and the Greek prōtos "first".