Kingdom Animalia Family †Amebelodontidae Rank Genus | Class Mammalia Phylum Chordata Order Proboscidea | |
Similar Proboscidea, Eubelodon, Protanancus, Archaeobelodon, Rhynchotherium | ||
Serbelodon is an extinct genus of proboscidean. It was a gomphothere "shovel-tusker". It had tusks and a trunk. It lived in North America during the Miocene Epoch, and it was closely related to Amebelodon.
Serbelodon burnhami was named after Frederick Russell Burnham the brother-in-law of the fossil's discoverer John C. Blick.
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