Chesalophodon gulottai Eshelman et al. 2026 (gomphothere)

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

Belongs to Chesalophodon according to R. E. Eshelman et al. 2026

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CMM-V-9945, a mandible (pair of associated partial right and left dentaries, each with an m2 and m3, and an as- sociated nearly complete lower tusk and two partial distal upper tusk fr)

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Chesalophodon gulottai in the database

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