Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Synonym: Rhabdobunus Hay 1914
Parent taxon: Gomphotheriidae according to W. D. Lambert and J. Shoshani 1998
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Matthew 1918, McKenna and Bell 1997, Osborn 1918, Osborn 1924, Salles et al. 2006, Shoshani and Tassy 1996, Shoshani and Tassy 2005 and Zurita et al. 2004
Sister taxa: 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, Synconolophus, Tetralophodon, Torynobelodon
Subtaxa: Stegomastodon aftoniae Stegomastodon brasiliensis Stegomastodon chapmani Stegomastodon mirificus Stegomastodon nebrascensis Stegomastodon primitivus
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Nicaragua (1), United States (7: Arizona, California, Iowa, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas), Uruguay (1)
• Blancan of Mexico (2), United States (36: Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas)
• Pliocene of United States (3: California, Texas)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (2)
• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 55 collections including 57 occurrences
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