Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Parent taxon: Gomphotheriidae according to W. D. Lambert 2007
See also Carroll 1988, Geraads et al. 2005, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, McKenna and Bell 1997, Osborn 1924, Peterson 1928, Shoshani and Tassy 1996 and Shoshani and Tassy 2005
Sister taxa: Amahuacatherium, Amebelodon, Anancinae, Choerolophodontinae, Cuvieroniinae, Cuvieronius, Eubelodon, Eurybelodon, Gnathabelodon, Gomphotheriinae, Gomphotherium, Mastodon shepardii, Megabelodon, Morrillia, Pediolophodon, Pentalophodon, Platybelodon, Rhynchotheriinae, Rhynchotherium, Rhynchotherium rectidens, Selenolophodon, Serbelodon, Sinomastodon, Stegomastodon, Synconolophus, Torynobelodon
Subtaxa: Tetralophodon (Lydekkeria) Tetralophodon (Tetralophodon) Tetralophodon elegans Tetralophodon longirostris
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Ukraine (1 collection)
• Miocene of Austria (2), China (7), Ethiopia (1), Georgia (2), Greece (1), Hungary (1), India (1), Moldova (3), Romania (1), Spain (3), Thailand (1), Tunisia (3), Turkey (1), Ukraine (8)
Total: 36 collections including 37 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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