Megabelodon

Megabelodon; Temporal range: Miocene–Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	M. lulli skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Family:	†Gomphotheridae
Genus:	†Megabelodon; Barbour (1914)
Species
	Megabelodon lulli Barbour, 1914; Megabelodon joraki Frick, 1933 ; Megabelodon cruziensis Frick 1933 ; Megabelodon phippsi Cook 1928 ; Megabelodon minor Barbour 1934;

Megabelodon is an extinct gomphotherid genus of proboscid which inhabited North America in from the Miocene to the Pliocene. Specimens were found in Nevada and New Mexico.[1][2] The genus has been disputed, with some paleontologists considering Megabelodon as a synonym of Gomphotherium.[3]

References

"Fossilworks: Megabelodon". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
Osborn, Henry Fairfield (1936-01-01). Proboscidea. Рипол Классик. ISBN 9785871481677.
Janis, Christine M.; Scott, Kathleen M.; Jacobs, Louis L. (1998-05-28). Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Volume 1, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate Like Mammals. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521355193.

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[1] "Fossilworks: Megabelodon". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2017-05-02.

[2] Osborn, Henry Fairfield (1936-01-01). Proboscidea. Рипол Классик. ISBN 9785871481677.

[3] Janis, Christine M.; Scott, Kathleen M.; Jacobs, Louis L. (1998-05-28). Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Volume 1, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate Like Mammals. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521355193.