Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Parent taxon: Gomphotheriidae according to J. Shoshani and P. Tassy 2005
See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Shoshani and Tassy 1996
Sister taxa: Amahuacatherium, Amebelodontinae, Anancinae, Blancotherium, Cuvieroniinae, Cuvieronius, Eubelodon, Eurybelodon, Gnathabelodon, Gomphotheriinae, Gomphotherium, Konobelodon, Masthodon, Mastodon shepardii, Mastotherium, Megabelodon, Morrillia, Pediolophodon, Pentalophodon, Rhynchotheriinae, Rhynchotherium, Rhynchotherium rectidens, Selenolophodon, Serbelodon, Stegomastodon, Synconolophus, Tetralophodon, Torynobelodon
Subtaxa: Sinomastodon bumiajuensis Sinomastodon yangziensis
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (2 collections), Indonesia (2)
• Miocene of China (1), Thailand (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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