Rhynchotherium
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Rhynchotherium
| Rhynchotherium Temporal range: Miocene–Pliocene |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | †Gomphotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Rhynchotherium Falconer, 1868 |
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Rhynchotherium is an extinct genus of proboscidea endemic to North America and Central America during the Miocene through Pliocene from 13.650—3.6 Ma, living for approximately 10 million years.[1]
This gomphothere had two tusks and may have evolved from Gomphotherium.[2]
Taxonomy
Rhynchotherium was named by Falconer (1868). Its type is Rhynchotherium tlascalae. It was assigned to Gomphotheriidae by Falconer (1868), Carroll (1988), Lambert and Shoshani (1998) and Corona-M and Alberdi (2006).
References
- ^ Paleobiology database: Rhynchotherium basic info
- ^ Arroyo-Cabrales, J.; Polaco, O. J.; Laurito, C.; Johnson, E.; Alberdi, M. T.; Zamora, A. L. V. (2007). "The proboscideans (Mammalia) from Mesoamerica". Quaternary International (Elsevier) 169-170: 17–23. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2006.12.017. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VGS-4MV7537-1&_user=4430&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000059594&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=4430&md5=76ada3a75568a0204a762a05d9171f86. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
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