Hemimastodon

Hemimastodon
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Hemimastodon crepusculi
Hemimastodon crepusculi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Suborder: Elephantiformes
Family: †
Genus: †
Species
  • H. crepusculi (Pilgrim, 1908)

Hemimastodon ("half mastodont") is an extinct genus of proboscidean from the Late Miocene deposits of the Dera Bugti Beds in Pakistan.

Its phylogenetic affinity within other proboscideans is uncertain.

References

  • Tassy, P. 1988. Le statut systématique de l’espèce Hemimastodon crepusculi (Pilgrim): L’éternal problème de l’homologie et de la convergence. Annales de Paléontologie 74: 115–127.


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