Megabelodon is an extinct genus of proboscidean 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] while others have considered it to be a genus of amebelodontid.[4]
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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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References
edit- ^ "Fossilworks: Megabelodon". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Osborn, Henry Fairfield (1936-01-01). Proboscidea. Рипол Классик. ISBN 9785871481677.
- ^ Janis, Christine M.; Scott, Kathleen M.; Jacobs, Louis L. (1998-05-28). Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Volume 1, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate Like Mammals. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521355193.
- ^ Li, Chunxiao; Deng, Tao; Wang, Yang; Sun, Fajun; Wolff, Burt; Jiangzuo, Qigao; Ma, Jiao; Xing, Luda; Fu, Jiao (2023-11-28), "Longer mandible or nose? Co-evolution of feeding organs in early elephantiforms", eLife, 12, doi:10.7554/eLife.90908.1, retrieved 2024-05-29
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