Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Alternative spelling: Amebelodon (Konobelodon)
Full reference: W. D. Lambert. 1990. Rediagnosis of the Genus Amebelodon (Mammalia, Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae), with a New Subgenus and Species, Amebelodon (Konobelodon) britti. Journal of Paleontology 64(6):1032-1040
Parent taxon: Gomphotheriidae according to G. E. Konidaris et al. 2014
See also Konidaris and Tsoukala 2019, Lambert 1990 and Wang et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Amahuacatherium, Amebelodontinae, Anancinae, Blancotherium, Cuvieroniinae, Cuvieronius, Eubelodon, Eurybelodon, Gnathabelodon, Gomphotheriinae, Gomphotherium, Masthodon, Mastodon shepardii, Mastotherium, Megabelodon, Morrillia, Pediolophodon, Pentalophodon, Rhynchotheriinae, Rhynchotherium, Rhynchotherium rectidens, Selenolophodon, Serbelodon, Sinomastodon, Stegomastodon, Synconolophus, Tetralophodon, Torynobelodon
Subtaxa: Amebelodon (Konobelodon) cyrenaicus Konobelodon atticus Konobelodon britti
Type: Amebelodon (Konobelodon) britti
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida collection)
• Miocene of Greece (4)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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