Hemimastodon

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

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

Its phylogenetic affinity within the proboscidea 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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