Torynobelodon Barbour 1929 (gomphothere)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Full reference: E. H. Barbour. 1929. Torynobelodon loomisi, gen. et sp. nov. Bulletin of the Nebraska State Museum 16:1-8

Parent taxon: Gomphotheriidae according to W. D. Lambert and J. Shoshani 1998

See also Barbour 1929, Gregory 1945, Lambert 1990, Shoshani and Tassy 1996, Thomasson et al. 1990, Tobien 1972 and Wang et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Amahuacatherium, Amebelodontinae, Anancinae, Blancotherium, Cuvieroniinae, Cuvieronius, Eubelodon, Eurybelodon, Gnathabelodon, Gomphotheriinae, Gomphotherium, Konobelodon, Masthodon, Mastodon shepardii, Mastotherium, Megabelodon, Morrillia, Pediolophodon, Pentalophodon, Rhynchotheriinae, Rhynchotherium, Rhynchotherium rectidens, Selenolophodon, Serbelodon, Sinomastodon, Stegomastodon, Synconolophus, Tetralophodon

Subtaxa: none

Type: Torynobelodon loomisi

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Torynobelodon in the database

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