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Mastodon morrilli
Taxonomy
Mastodon morrilli was named by Barbour (1914) [genotype]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Devil's Gulch Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska. It is the type species of Eubelodon.
It was recombined as Trilophodon morrilli by Osborn (1918); it was recombined as Gomphotherium morrilli by Tobien (1973); it was recombined as Eubelodon morrilli by Barbour (1914), Frick (1933) and Shoshani and Tassy (1996).
It was recombined as Trilophodon morrilli by Osborn (1918); it was recombined as Gomphotherium morrilli by Tobien (1973); it was recombined as Eubelodon morrilli by Barbour (1914), Frick (1933) and Shoshani and Tassy (1996).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1914 | Eubelodon morrilli Barbour p. 190 |
1918 | Trilophodon morrilli Osborn |
1933 | Eubelodon morrilli Frick p. 598 |
1973 | Gomphotherium morrilli Tobien |
1996 | Eubelodon morrilli Shoshani and Tassy |
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Diagnosis
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