Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Amebelodon loomisi, Torynobelodon loomisi
Full reference: E. H. Barbour. 1929. Torynobelodon loomisi, gen. et sp. nov. Bulletin of the Nebraska State Museum 16:1-8
Belongs to Platybelodon according to J. Shoshani and P. Tassy 1996
See also Barbour 1929, Gregory 1945, Lambert 1990 and Thomasson et al. 1990
Sister taxa: Platybelodon barnumbrowni, Platybelodon dangheesis, Platybelodon danovi, Platybelodon grangeri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Torynobelodon loomisi Quarry, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Nebraska
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Kansas, Nebraska collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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