Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Blickotherium blicki, Gomphotherium blicki
Synonym: Rhynchotherium tlascalae Falconer 1868
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 Rhynchotherium according to J. Shoshani and P. Tassy 1996
See also Frick 1933, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Miller 1990, Tobien 1973, Webb and Perrigo 1984 and Webb and Tessman 1968
Sister taxa: Rhynchotherium anguirvale, Rhynchotherium euhyphodon, Rhynchotherium falconeri, Rhynchotherium francisi, Rhynchotherium praecursor, Rhynchotherium simpsoni, Aybelodon hondurensis
Type specimens:
- Rhynchotherium blicki: Its type locality is Tepusuna Hill, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Gracias Formation of Honduras
- Rhynchotherium tlascalae:
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of Costa Rica (1 collection), Honduras (2)
• Miocene of El Salvador (1), Guatemala (1), Honduras (2)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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