Losodokodon losodokius Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009 (mastodon)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae

Full reference: D. T. Rasmussen and M. Gutierrez. 2009. A Mammalian Fauna from the Late Oligocene of Northwestern Kenya. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 288(1-3):1-52

Belongs to Losodokodon according to D. T. Rasmussen and M. Gutierrez 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KNM-LS 18244, a set of teeth (Right upper M3 and left upper M2). Its type locality is Lothidok Hill, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Erageleit Formation of Kenya.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of Kenya (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Kenya (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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