This paper aims to provide a broader perspective on the Stegodon which is the subject of a
research paper here in the National Institute of Geological Sciences owing to the recent fossil
finds in the Antipolo area.

The Stegodon is classified as a Paenungulate (near-ungulate) because of its rather primitive
legs, with several digits without well-marked hoofs. Paenungulate incisors and canines often
become reduced to single pairs of large tusks in each jaw and the molars are specialized for
grinding, with the development of cross ridges, The Stegodon and the modern elephants for that matter further classified into the Family Elephantidae