Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Alternative combination: Archidiskodon hayi
Synonyms: Elephas haroldcooki Hay 1928, Elephas scotti Barbour 1925, Mammuthus haroldcooki Hay 1928
Belongs to Mammuthus according to J. Shoshani and P. Tassy 1996
See also Agenbroad 2005, Barbour 1925, Hibbard 1953, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Lister 1993, Lucas 1996, Lucas et al. 1999, Madden 1983 and Webb and Dudley 1995
Sister taxa: Mammuthus chosaricus, Mammuthus columbi, Mammuthus creticus, Mammuthus exilis, Mammuthus lamarmorae, Mammuthus meridionalis, Mammuthus primigenius, Mammuthus trogontherii, Archidiskodon haroldcooki, Archidiskodon weifangensis, Archidiskodon celebensis
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (2: Saskatchewan, Yukon collections), El Salvador (1), Mexico (1), United States (13: California, Florida, Idaho, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Blancan of United States (1: New Mexico)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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