Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Full reference: R. E. Eshelman, W. D. Lambert, G. S. Morgan, S. J. Godfrey, and D. J. Bohaska. 2026. Review of the Miocene Gomphotheriidae (Mammalia: Proboscidea) from the Chesapeake Group, Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. Smtihsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 109(1):5-72

Parent taxon: Gomphotheriidae according to R. E. Eshelman et al. 2026

Sister taxa: Amahuacatherium, Amebelodontinae, Anancinae, Blancotherium, Cuvieroniinae, Cuvieronius, Eubelodon, Eurybelodon, Gnathabelodon, Gomphotheriinae, Gomphotherium, Konobelodon, Masthodon, Mastodon shepardii, Mastotherium, Megabelodon, Morrillia, Pediolophodon, Pentalophodon, Rhynchotheriinae, Rhynchotherium, Rhynchotherium rectidens, Selenolophodon, Serbelodon, Sinomastodon, Stegomastodon, Synconolophus, Tetralophodon, Torynobelodon

Subtaxa: Chesalophodon gulottai

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Type: Chesalophodon gulottai

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Chesalophodon in the database

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