Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Parent taxon: Gomphotheriidae according to C. Paula Couto 1956
See also Cabrera 1929, Shoshani and Tassy 1996 and Shoshani and Tassy 2005
Sister taxa: Amahuacatherium, Amebelodontinae, Anancinae, Blancotherium, Cuvieronius, Eubelodon, Eurybelodon, Gnathabelodon, Gomphotheriinae, Gomphotherium, Konobelodon, Masthodon, Mastodon shepardii, Mastotherium, Megabelodon, Morrillia, Pediolophodon, Pentalophodon, Rhynchotheriinae, Rhynchotherium, Rhynchotherium rectidens, Selenolophodon, Serbelodon, Sinomastodon, Stegomastodon, Synconolophus, Tetralophodon, Torynobelodon
Subtaxa: Notiomastodon
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (57 collections), Bolivia (1), Brazil (52), Chile (16), Colombia (12), Ecuador (15), Peru (12), Uruguay (6), Venezuela (4)
• Pliocene of Argentina (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Brazil (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (1), Peru (1)
• Neogene of Brazil (1)
Total: 180 collections including 184 occurrences