Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:15-89
Parent taxon: Mastodon according to R. Lydekker 1880
See also Leidy 1858
Sister taxa: Mammut americanum, Mammut borsoni, Mammut cosoensis, Mammut floridanum, Mammut furlongi, Mammut matthewi, Mammut pacificus, Mastodon maderianus, Mastodon waringi, Mastodon tarijensis, Mastodon spenceri, Mastodon rectus, Mastodon lydekkeri, Mastodon raki, Mastodon argentinus, Mammut mirificum
Subtaxa: Mastodon (Tetralophodon) latidens Mastodon (Tetralophodon) perimensis Mastodon (Tetralophodon) sivalensis
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
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