Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Alternative combinations: Mammut proavus, Mastodon proavus, Serridentinus proavus, Tetrabelodon proavus, Zygolophodon proavus
Synonyms: Mammut brevidens Cope 1889, Mammut merriami Osborn 1921, Mastodon brevidens Cope 1889, Mastodon merriami Osborn 1921, Miomastodon merriami Osborn 1921, Rhynchotherium brevidens Cope 1889, Zygolophodon brevidens Cope 1889
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. Synopsis of new Vertebrata from the Tertiary of Colorado obtained during the summer of 1873. Seventh Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories (extract)
Belongs to Miomastodon according to C. Frick 1933
See also Cope 1873, Galbreath 1953, Hay 1902, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Madden and Storer 1985, Matthew 1918, Morea 1981, Osborn 1921, Osborn 1922, Shoshani and Tassy 1996, Tobien 1973 and Zhang et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Zygolophodon aegyptensis, Zygolophodon morotoensis, Zygolophodon tapiroides, Zygolophodon turicensis, Miomastodon tongxinensis
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (6: California, Colorado, Florida, Montana, Nevada, oregon)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
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