Mastodon raki Frick 1933

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae

Alternative combination: Mammut raki

Full reference: C. Frick. 1933. New remains of trilophodont-tetrabelodont mastodons. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 59(9):505-652

Belongs to Mastodon according to C. Frick 1933

See also Lucas and Morgan 1999 and Tedford 1981

Sister taxa: Mammut americanum, Mammut borsoni, Mammut cosoensis, Mammut floridanum, Mammut furlongi, Mammut matthewi, Mammut pacificus, Mastodon (Tetralophodon), Mastodon maderianus, Mastodon waringi, Mastodon tarijensis, Mastodon spenceri, Mastodon rectus, Mastodon lydekkeri, Mastodon argentinus, Mammut mirificum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Elephant Butte Reservoir, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Palomas Formation of New Mexico

Distribution: found only at Elephant Butte Reservoir

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