Platybelodon Borissiak 1928 (gomphothere)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Parent taxon: Amebelodontinae according to S.-Q. Wang et al. 2013

See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sanders et al. 2010, Shoshani and Tassy 1996, Shoshani and Tassy 2005 and Wang et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Afromastodon, Amebelodon, Archaeobelodon, Platybelodontinae, Progomphotherium, Protanancus

Subtaxa: Platybelodon barnumbrowni Platybelodon dangheesis Platybelodon danovi Platybelodon grangeri Platybelodon loomisi

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (3: Florida, Kansas, Nebraska collections)

• Miocene of China (9), Kenya (1), the Russian Federation (1), Tajikistan (1), United States (1: Nebraska)

Total: 16 collections including 21 occurrences

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