†Afromastodon coppensi Pickford 2003 (gomphothere)
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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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