Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027
Belongs to Mastodon according to F. Ameghino 1889
Sister taxa: Mammut americanum, Mammut borsoni, Mammut cosoensis, Mammut floridanum, Mammut furlongi, Mammut matthewi, Mammut pacificus, Mastodon (Tetralophodon), Mastodon maderianus, Mammut mirificum, Mastodon lydekkeri, Mastodon raki, Mastodon tarijensis, Mastodon spenceri, Mastodon argentinus, Mastodon waringi
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mastodon rectus in the database
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