Sinomastodon
Extinct genus of gomphothere proboscidean / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Sinomammut.
Sinomastodon ("Chinese mastodont") is an extinct gomphothere genus (of order Proboscidea) known from the Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene of Asia, including China, Japan, Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia and probably Kashmir.[1]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Proboscidea |
Family: | †Gomphotheriidae |
Genus: | †Sinomastodon Tobien et al., 1986 |
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†Sinomastodon intermedius Tobien et al., 1986 | |
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