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 obliquelophus, Mammut pacificus, Mammut praetypicum, Mammut mirificum, Mastodon tarijensis, Mastodon waringi, Mastodon pyrenaicus, Mastodon maderianus, Mastodon raki, Mastodon lydekkeri, Mastodon rectus, Mastodon (Bunolophodon), Mastodon spenceri, Mastodon argentinus
Subtaxa: Mastodon (Tetralophodon) latidens Mastodon (Tetralophodon) perimensis Mastodon (Tetralophodon) sivalensis
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of India (1 collection)
• Miocene of India (2), Pakistan (1)
• Neogene of Brunei Darussalam (1), Myanmar (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence