Zygolophodon
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Zygolophodon is an extinct genus of African, Asian, and European mammutid that lived from the Miocene to the Late Pliocene.[1]
Taxonomy
Zygolophodon belongs in the family Mammutidae, whose best known member is the American mastodon. Zygolophodon tapiroides and Z. turicensis are known from the Early-Middle Miocene of Europe, while Z. aegyptensis is known from the Early Miocene of Egypt,[2] while Z. lufengensis, Z. chinjiensis, and Z. nemonguensis have been found in Miocene deposits in East Asia.[3]
Miomastodon was previously synonymized with Zygolophodon, but is apparently a distinct genus similar to Gomphotherium in having bunodont cheek teeth.[4]
References
- ^ Youping, Yuzhu, Hongxiang, Suyin, Zhang, Long, Ji, Ding (November 1999) [March 1989]. "The Cenozoic Deposits of the Yunnnan Region (Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology, Paleoanthropology Academia Sinica)" (PDF). Professional Papers on Stratigraphy and Paleontology, No. 7 Geological Publishing House, Peking, China, Pp. 1-21.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ W. J. Sanders and E. R. Miller. 2002. New proboscideans from the early Miocene of Wadi Mogahara, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(2):388-404
- ^ Duangkrayom, J., Wang, S., Deng, T., & Jintasakul, P. (2017). The first Neogene record of Zygolophodon (Mammalia, Proboscidea) in Thailand: Implications for the mammutid evolution and dispersal in Southeast Asia. Journal of Paleontology, 91(1), 179-193. doi:10.1017/jpa.2016.143
- ^ http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/pressonline/202003/P020200313436889779476.pdf
Categories:
- Mastodons
- Miocene proboscideans
- Pliocene proboscideans
- Miocene mammals of North America
- Miocene mammals of Asia
- Miocene mammals of Europe
- Pliocene mammals of North America
- Pliocene mammals of Asia
- Pliocene mammals of Europe
- Miocene mammals of Africa
- Pliocene mammals of Africa
- Prehistoric mammal genera
- Fossil taxa described in 1877
- Prehistoric mammal stubs