Mammalia - Proboscidea

Alternative spelling: Tetrabelodon (Hemimastodon)

Parent taxon: Elephantiformes according to J. Shoshani and P. Tassy 2005

See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Shoshani and Tassy 1996

Sister taxa: Dagbatitherium, Elephantimorpha, Elephantoidea, Palaeomastodontidae, Phiomiidae

Subtaxa: Hemimastodon annectens Tetrabelodon (Hemimastodon) crepusculi

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Myongchon (Miocene of North Korea)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.