Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Alternative combination: Mastodon turicensis
Synonyms: Gomphotherium xiaolongtanensis Chow and Chang 1974, Zygolophodon (Turicius) nemonguensis Chow and Chang 1961, Zygolophodon (Turicus) nemonguensis Chow and Chang 1961, Zygolophodon gromovae Dubrovo 1974, Zygolophodon jiningensis Chow and Chang 1974, Zygolophodon neimonguensis Chow and Chang 1961, Zygolophodon nemonguensis Chow and Chang 1961
Belongs to Zygolophodon according to X. X. Zhang et al. 2023
See also Duangkrayom et al. 2017, Madden 1980, Qiu 1990, Sanders et al. 2010, Shoshani and Tassy 2005 and Tobien et al. 1988
Sister taxa: Zygolophodon (Turicius), Zygolophodon aegyptensis, Zygolophodon atavus, Zygolophodon chinjiensis, Zygolophodon gobiensis, Zygolophodon lufengensis, Zygolophodon metachinjiensis, Zygolophodon morotoensis, Zygolophodon proavus, Zygolophodon tapiroides, Turicius turicensis
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of Algeria (1 collection), China (7), France (9), Germany (1), Greece (1), Moldova (3), North Macedonia (1), Slovakia (4), Spain (1), Türkiye (1), Ukraine (2)
Total: 31 collections including 33 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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