''Primelephas'' is a genus of Elephantinae that existed during the
Miocene
The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recent" ...
and
Pliocene
The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58mammoths, and the closely allied genera '' Elephas'' and '' Loxodonta'', the Asian and African elephants, diverging some 4-6 million years ago. It had four tusks, which is a trait not shared with its descendants, but common in earlier proboscideans. The type species, ''Primelephas gomphotheroides'', was described by Vincent Maglio in 1970, with the specific epithet indicating the fossil specimens were gomphothere-like. ''Primelephas korotorensis'' is the only other species to be assigned to the genus.