Mastodon (Tetralophodon) latidens Clift 1829 (mastodon)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae

Alternative combinations: Mastodon latidens, Prostegodon latidens, Stegolophodon latidens

Full reference: W. Clift. 1829. On the Fossil Remains of two New Species of Mastodon, and of other vertebrated Animals, found on the left Bank of the Irawadi. Transactions of the Geological Society of London S2(2):369-376

Belongs to Mastodon (Tetralophodon) according to R. Lydekker 1880

See also Clift 1829, Cope 1889, Osborn 1923 and Sein 2020

Sister taxa: Mastodon (Tetralophodon) perimensis, Mastodon (Tetralophodon) sivalensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Left Bank of Irawadi River, which is in a Neogene terrestrial gravel/sandstone in Myanmar

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of India (1 collection), Pakistan (1)

• Neogene of Indonesia (1), Myanmar (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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