Rhynchotherium simpsoni Olsen 1957 (gomphothere)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Full reference: S. J. Olsen. 1957. A new beak-jawed mastodont from Florida. Journal of the Palaeontogical Society of India 2:131-135

Belongs to Rhynchotherium according to J. Shoshani and P. Tassy 1996

See also Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Miller 1980, Olsen 1957 and Webb and Tessman 1968

Sister taxa: Rhynchotherium anguirvale, Rhynchotherium blicki, Rhynchotherium euhyphodon, Rhynchotherium falconeri, Rhynchotherium francisi, Rhynchotherium praecursor, Aybelodon hondurensis

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Rhynchotherium simpsoni in the database

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