Serbelodon
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| Serbelodonsp. skeleton in Nanjing Paleontology Museum | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | †Amebelodontidae |
| Genus: | †Serbelodon Frick,1933 |
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| †Serbelodon barbourensis Frick,1933
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†S. barbourensisFrick,1933 | |
Serbelodonis an extinct genus ofproboscidean.It hadtusksand atrunk.It lived inNorth Americaduring theMiocene Epoch,and it was closely related toAmebelodon.They had a diet that consisted of C3 plants which include fruits, tree cortex, herbs, and leaves.[1]
Serbelodon burnhamiwas named afterFrederick Russell Burnhamthe brother-in-law of the fossil's discoverer John C. Blick.[2]
References
[edit]- ^Crespo, Victor; Prado, José; Alberdi, María; Cabrales, Joaquín; Johnson, Eileen (2020)."Feeding ecology of the gomphotheres (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae) of America".Quaternary Science Reviews.229.Elsevier: 106126.Bibcode:2020QSRv..22906126P.doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106126.S2CID212782959.Retrieved25 October2021.
- ^Osborn, Henry Fairfield (June 29, 1933)."Serbelodon Burnhami, a new Shovel-Tusker from California"(PDF).American Museum Novitates(639): 1–5.Retrieved2007-11-01.
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