Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Mastodon (Trilophodon) floridanus

Alternative combinations: Amebelodon floridanus, Mastodon (Trilophodon) floridanus, Ocalientinus floridanus, Stenobelodon floridanus, Trilophodon (Serridentinus) floridanus

Synonyms: Amebelodon hicksi Cook 1922, Amebelodon paladentatus Cook 1922, Amebelodon sinclairi Barbour 1930, Ocalientinus floridanus leidii Frick 1926, Trilophodon (Serridentinus) leidii Frick 1926, Trilophodon hicksi Cook 1922, Trilophodon leidii Frick 1926, Trilophodon paladentatus Cook 1922

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1886. Mastodon and Llama from Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 38:11-12

Belongs to Serridentinus according to Gazin and Collins 1950

See also Barbour 1930, Barbour and Hibbard 1941, Eshelman et al. 2026, Frick 1933, Frick 1926, Hay 1902, Lambert 2023, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Leidy 1886, Leidy and Lucas 1896, Osborn 1923, Osborn 1936, Tedford et al. 1987, Turner 1975 and Voorhies 1990

Sister taxa: Gomphotherium anguirvalis, Gomphotherium angustidens, Gomphotherium annectens, Gomphotherium brewsterensis, Gomphotherium browni, Gomphotherium calvertense, Gomphotherium connexus, Gomphotherium emmonsi, Gomphotherium euhypodon, Gomphotherium gratum, Gomphotherium inopinatum, Gomphotherium metachinjiensis, Gomphotherium nebrascensis, Gomphotherium ngorora, Gomphotherium productum, Gomphotherium pygmaeus, Gomphotherium rugosidens, Gomphotherium simplicidens, Gomphotherium subtapiroideum, Gomphotherium wimani, Trilophodon ligoniferus, Mastodon (Trilophodon) pandionis, Trilophodon barstonis, Trilophodon osborni, Trilophodon yangziensis, Trilophodon olisiponense, Serridentinus chinjiensis, Serridentinus mongoliensis, Serridentinus lusitanicus, Serridentinus filholi, Serridentinus gobiensis, Trobelodon taoensis, Tatabelodon gregorii, Tatabelodon riograndensis, Tetrabelodon angustidens

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

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