Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Synonym: Rhynchorostrinae Osborn 1923
Parent taxon: Gomphotheriidae according to A. Cabrera 1929
See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Shoshani and Tassy 2005 and Simpson 1945
Sister taxa: Amahuacatherium, Amebelodontinae, Anancinae, Blancotherium, Cuvieroniinae, Cuvieronius, Eubelodon, Eurybelodon, Gnathabelodon, Gomphotheriinae, Gomphotherium, Konobelodon, Masthodon, Mastodon shepardii, Mastotherium, Megabelodon, Morrillia, Pediolophodon, Pentalophodon, Rhynchotherium, Rhynchotherium rectidens, Selenolophodon, Serbelodon, Sinomastodon, Stegomastodon, Synconolophus, Tetralophodon, Torynobelodon
Subtaxa: Cuvieroniini Rhynchotheriini
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Rhynchotheriinae in the database