Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Belongs to Gomphotherium according to W. J. Sanders et al. 2010
See also Shoshani and Tassy 2005
Sister taxa: Gomphotherium anguirvalis, Gomphotherium brewsterensis, Gomphotherium connexus, Gomphotherium emmonsi, Gomphotherium gratum, Gomphotherium nebrascensis, Gomphotherium ngorora, Gomphotherium productum, Gomphotherium pygmaeus, Gomphotherium rugosidens, Gomphotherium shensiensis, Gomphotherium simplicidens, Gomphotherium wimani, Trobelodon taoensis, Tatabelodon riograndensis, Tatabelodon gregorii, Trilophodon barstonis, Trilophodon ligoniferus, Trilophodon yangziensis, Trilophodon osborni, Mastodon (Trilophodon) pandionis, Tetrabelodon angustidens, Serridentinus gobiensis, Serridentinus filholi, Serridentinus mongoliensis
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), Bulgaria (1), the Czech Republic (1), Egypt (2), France (13), Germany (10), Italy (1), Kenya (2), Macedonia (1), Poland (2), Portugal (2), Romania (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (7), Switzerland (2), Tunisia (1), Turkey (2), Ukraine (1)
Total: 51 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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