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Torynobelodon

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Chordata

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†Platybelodontinae

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Torynobelodon was a genus of large herbivorous mammal related to the elephant (order Proboscidea). It lived during the late Miocene Epoch in Asia and North America.

Taxonomy

Shoshani (1996) placed Torynobelodon as a synonym of Platybelodon, but Lambert and Shoshani (1998) considered it morphologically distinct to be a separate genus. A 2016 cladistic study found it to be more primitive than either Platybelodon and Aphanobelodon.

References

Torynobelodon Wikipedia


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