Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1916. Descriptions of some fossil vertebrates found in Texas. Bulletin of the University of Texas 71:3-24
Belongs to Gomphotherium according to O. P. Hay 1916
Sister taxa: Gomphotherium anguirvalis, Gomphotherium angustidens, Gomphotherium brewsterensis, Gomphotherium connexus, Gomphotherium emmonsi, Gomphotherium nebrascensis, Gomphotherium ngorora, Gomphotherium productum, Gomphotherium pygmaeus, Gomphotherium rugosidens, Gomphotherium shensiensis, Gomphotherium simplicidens, Gomphotherium wimani, Tetrabelodon angustidens, Tatabelodon gregorii, Tatabelodon riograndensis, Trilophodon barstonis, Trilophodon osborni, Mastodon (Trilophodon) pandionis, Trilophodon yangziensis, Trilophodon ligoniferus, Serridentinus gobiensis, Serridentinus mongoliensis, Serridentinus filholi, Trobelodon taoensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pitts Bridge, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in Texas
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Pitts Bridge
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