Biology:Megabelodon
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Short description: Extinct genus of proboscid
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | †Gomphotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Megabelodon Barbour, 1914 |
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| †Megabelodon lulli Barbour, 1914
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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". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=47963.
- ↑ Osborn, Henry Fairfield (1936-01-01) (in en). Proboscidea. Рипол Классик. ISBN 9785871481677. https://books.google.com/books?id=3r8HAwAAQBAJ&q=Megabelodon&pg=PA290.
- ↑ Janis, Christine M.; Scott, Kathleen M.; Jacobs, Louis L. (1998-05-28) (in en). Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Volume 1, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate Like Mammals. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521355193. https://books.google.com/books?id=I-RgojcDyWYC&q=Megabelodon&pg=PA611.
Wikidata ☰ Q24884037 entry
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