Mammalia - Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae
Alternative combinations: Choerolophodon pentelicus, Mammut pentilicus, Mastodon pentelici, Mastodon pentelicus, Mastodon pentilici, Tetrabelodon pentelici
Synonym: Synconolophus serridentinoides Viret and Yalçinlar 1952
Belongs to Choerolophodon according to G. E. Konidaris et al. 2016
See also Belyaeva 1948, Cope 1889, de Bruijn 1989, Gaudry 1862, Geraads et al. 2005, James and Slaughter 1974, Konidaris and Koufos 2013, Koufos 1977, Piveteau 1978, Shoshani and Tassy 2005, Tassy 2016 and Tsoukala et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Choerolophodon anatolicus, Choerolophodon chioticus, Choerolophodon corrugatus
Type specimens:
- Choerolophodon pentelici: MNHN-PIK-3665
- Synconolophus serridentinoides:
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Egypt (1 collection)
• Turolian of Bulgaria (3), Greece (7), Türkiye (1)
• Miocene of Bulgaria (1), Georgia (1), Greece (18), Iraq (1), Italy (1), Moldova (3), Romania (1), Syria (1), Türkiye (3), Ukraine (1)
Total: 43 collections including 45 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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