Mastodon spenceri Fourtau 1918 (mastodon)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae

Full reference: R. Fourtau. 1918. Contribution à l'étude des vertébrés miocènes de l'Égypte 1-109

Belongs to Mastodon according to R. Fourtau 1918

Sister taxa: Mammut americanum, Mammut borsoni, Mammut cosoensis, Mammut floridanum, Mammut furlongi, Mammut matthewi, Mammut pacificus, Mastodon waringi, Mammut mirificum, Mastodon raki, Mastodon argentinus, Mastodon maderianus, Mastodon lydekkeri, Mastodon rectus, Mastodon (Tetralophodon), Mastodon tarijensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wadi Moghra, which is in a MN 4 marginal marine sandstone in the Moghara Formation of Egypt

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Wadi Moghra

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