Archaeobelodon Tassy 1984 (gomphothere)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Parent taxon: Amebelodontidae according to S.-Q. Wang et al. 2017

See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Sanders et al. 2010, Sanders and Miller 2002, Shoshani and Tassy 1996 and Shoshani and Tassy 2005

Sister taxa: Afromastodon, Amebelodon, Platybelodon, Platybelodontinae, Progomphotherium, Protanancus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Wadi Moghra (Miocene of Egypt)

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