Palaeomastodon beadnelli Andrews 1901 (proboscidean)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Palaeomastodontidae

Belongs to Palaeomastodon according to C. W. Andrews 1903

See also Andrews 1906, Sanders et al. 2010 and Shoshani and Tassy 2005

Sister taxa: Palaeomastodon minor, Palaeomastodon parvus, Palaeomastodon wintoni

Type specimen: CGM 10014, a mandible

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at NNW of Birket Qarun (Oligocene of Egypt)

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