An elasmotherian species turned up in the preceding Khaprovian or Khaprov Faunal Complex, which was at first taken to be "E. caucasicum", and then on the basis of the dentition was redefined as a new species, "E. chaprovicum" (Shvyreva, 2004), named after the Khaprov Faunal Complex. The Khaprov is in the Middle Villafranchian, MN17, which spans the Piacenzian of the Late Pliocene and the Gelasian of the Early Pleistocene of Northern Caucasus, Moldova and Asia and has been dated to 2.6–2.2 Ma.