Torynobelodon

Torynobelodon was a genus of large herbivorous mammal related to the elephant (order Proboscidea). It lived during the late Miocene Epoch in Asia and North America.

Torynobelodon
Temporal range: Miocene,
Teeth of Torynobelodon barnumbrowni
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Amebelodontidae
Subfamily: Platybelodontinae
Genus: Torynobelodon
Barbour, 1929
Type species
Torynobelodon loomisi
Barbour, 1929
Species
  • T. loomisi Barbour, 1929
  • T. barnumbrowni Barbour, 1931
  • T. dangheesis (Wang and Qiu, 2002)
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