Haplomastodon
| Haplomastodon Temporal range: Pleistocene, 1.810–0.011Ma | |
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| Skull | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | †Gomphotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Haplomastodon Hoffstetter, 1950 |
Haplomastodon is an extinct genus of proboscidea endemic to South America during the Pleistocene from 1.810 Ma—11,000 years ago, living for approximately 1.789 million years.[1]
It had two tusks on either side of a trunk like other members of Gomphotheriidae. Its apparent range was from Venezuela southward to Argentina where fossils were recovered in the Suelo Formation, a quarry dig in Corrientes Province.[2] It may have shared its habit with Notiomastodon based on genus age and geography.
Taxonomy
Haplomastodon was named by Hoffstetter (1950). It was assigned to Gomphotheriidae by Carroll (1988).
References
- ↑ Paleobiology database: Haplomastodon basic info
- ↑ B.B. Alvarez. 1974. Los Mamiferos Fosiles del Cuaternario de Arroyo Toropi, Corrientes (Argentina). Ameghiniana 11(3):295-311
Ranzi, Alceu. Paleoecologia da Amazonia - Megafauna do Pleistoceno. Florianópolis,. Editora da UFSC, 2000.