Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Cordillerion tropicus, Dibelodon tropicus, Mammut tropicum, Mastodon tropicus
Synonyms: Cordillerion defloccatus Hay 1926, Cordillerion oligobunis Cope 1893, Cordillerion orarius Hay 1926, Cuvieronius oligobunis Cope 1893, Mastodon oligobunis Cope 1893
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1884. The extinct Mammalia of the Valley of Mexico. Paleontological Bulletin 39:1-21
Belongs to Cuvieronius according to Montellano 2002
See also Carranza-Castaneda and Miller 1987, Cisneros 2005, Cope 1884, Cope 1893, Hay 1902, Shoshani and Tassy 1996 and Webb and Dudley 1995
Sister taxa: Cuvieronius arellanoi, Cuvieronius hyodon, Cuvieronius priestleyi, Cuvieronius tarijensis
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bolivia (2 collections), Costa Rica (1), El Salvador (1), Honduras (1), Mexico (2), Panama (1), United States (13: Florida, New Mexico)
• Blancan of El Salvador (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of Chile (1), Mexico (1)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (1)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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