Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Parent taxon: Proboscidea according to S.-Q. Wang et al. 2013
See also Carroll 1988, Cregut-Bonnoure and Tsoukala 2017, Geraads et al. 2005, Hulbert and Whitmore 2006, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Lambert 2016, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Maglio 1973, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mothé et al. 2016, Paula Couto 1956, Pickford 2003, Sach and Heizmann 2001, Sanders 2007, Sanders et al. 2010, Sanders and Miller 2002, Shoshani and Tassy 1996, Shoshani and Tassy 2005, Shoshani et al. 2006, Simpson 1945 and Tsoukala et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Arcanotherium, Barytherioidea, Caenobasileus, Caenobasileus tremontigerus, Choerolophodontidae, Cryptomastodon, Deinotherioidea, Deinotherioidea, Dinotherioidea, Elephantiformes, Elephantimorpha, Eritherium, Euelephantoidea, Hemimastodontidae, Mastodontidae, Mastodontoidea, Moeritherioidea, Neodesmostylus, Phiomia, Plesielephantiformes, Saloumia
Subtaxa: Amahuacatherium Amebelodontinae Anancinae Blancotherium Cuvieroniinae 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
Type: Gomphotheriinae
Ecology: ground dwelling browser