Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Alternative combination: Mastodon arvernensis
Belongs to Anancus according to A. Athanassiou 2016
See also Hautier et al. 2009, Osborn 1922 and Stefani 1916
Sister taxa: Anancus bensonensis, Anancus brazosius, Anancus capensis, Anancus defloccatus, Anancus kazachstanensis, Anancus kenyensis, Anancus lehmanni, Anancus orarius, Anancus perimensis, Anancus petrocchii, Anancus sinensis, Anancus sivalensis
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (7 collections), Greece (3), Italy (2), the Netherlands (2), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Greece (3), Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Bulgaria (2), France (2), Georgia (2), Greece (10), Hungary (4), Italy (15), Moldova (6), Romania (11), the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (3), Slovenia (1), Spain (5), Ukraine (1)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of the Netherlands (1)
• Miocene of Bulgaria (1), Italy (1), Spain (1)
Total: 89 collections including 90 occurrences
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