Palaeomastodon Andrews 1901 (proboscidean)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Palaeomastodontidae

Parent taxon: Palaeomastodontidae according to W. J. Sanders et al. 2010

See also Abel 1919, Andrews 1906, Carroll 1988, Christiansen 2007, Madden 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997, Shoshani and Tassy 1996 and Shoshani and Tassy 2005

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Palaeomastodon beadnelli Palaeomastodon minor Palaeomastodon parvus Palaeomastodon wintoni

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Egypt (1 collection), Ethiopia (1), Libya (1), Saudi Arabia (1)

Total: 4 collections including 8 occurrences

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