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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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