Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mastodontidae
Alternative spelling: Mastodonadae
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310
Parent taxon: Proboscidea according to R. E. Eshelman et al. 2018
See also Bergounioux et al. 1953, Gray 1821, Osborn 1921 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Arcanotherium, Barytherioidea, Caenobasileus, Caenobasileus tremontigerus, Choerolophodontidae, Cryptomastodon, Deinotheriidae, Deinotherioidea, Dinotherioidea, Elephantiformes, Eritherium, Euelephantoidea, Gomphotheriidae, Hemimastodontidae, Mastodontoidea, Moeritherioidea, Neodesmostylus, Phiomia, Plesielephantiformes, Saloumia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution: