Afromastodon coppensi Pickford 2003 (gomphothere)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Full reference: M. Pickford. 2003. New Proboscidea from the Miocene strata in th elower Orange River Valley, Namibia. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia 19:207-256

Belongs to Afromastodon according to M. Pickford 2003

See also Sanders et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AD 600’00, a maxilla. Its type locality is Arrisdrift, which is in a Miocene channel sandstone in Namibia.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Arrisdrift

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