Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Alternative combination: Gomphotherium hondurense
Full reference: C. Frick. 1933. New remains of trilophodont-tetrabelodont mastodons. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 59(9):505–652
Belongs to Aybelodon according to C. Frick 1933
See also Tobien 1972, Tobien 1973, Webb and Perrigo 1984 and Webb and Tessman 1968
Sister taxa: Rhynchotherium anguirvale, Rhynchotherium blicki, Rhynchotherium euhyphodon, Rhynchotherium falconeri, Rhynchotherium francisi, Rhynchotherium praecursor, Rhynchotherium simpsoni
Type specimen: F:AM 27075. Its type locality is Tepusuna Hill, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Gracias Formation of Honduras.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution: found only at Tepusuna Hill
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