†Mastodon (Tetralophodon) Leidy 1858 (mastodon)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:15-89

Parent taxon: Mastodon according to R. Lydekker 1880

See also Leidy 1858

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

Subtaxa: Mastodon (Tetralophodon) latidens Mastodon (Tetralophodon) perimensis Mastodon (Tetralophodon) sivalensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of India (1 collection)

• Miocene of India (2), Pakistan (1)

• Neogene of Indonesia (1), Myanmar (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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