Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Full reference: J. A. Shotwell and D. E. Russell. 1963. Mammalian fauna of the Upper Juntura formation, the Black Butte local fauna. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 53(1):42-69
Belongs to Mammut according to J. A. Shotwell and D. E. Russell 1963
Sister taxa: Mammut americanum, Mammut borsoni, Mammut cosoensis, Mammut floridanum, Mammut matthewi, Mammut pacificus, Mastodon spenceri, Mastodon argentinus, Mastodon rectus, Mastodon waringi, Mammut mirificum, Mastodon raki, Mastodon tarijensis, Mastodon lydekkeri, Mastodon maderianus, Mastodon (Tetralophodon)
Type specimen: Its type locality is Black Butte (UO 2343), which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Juntura Formation of Oregon
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Oregon collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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