mastodon

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mastodon

a relative of the elephant that existed in MIOCENE and PLIOCENE times. It was, in fact, elephant-like and had a short trunk and long tusks.

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Mastodons are members of the extinct genus "Mammut" of the order Proboscidea and form the family Mammutidae; they resembled, but were distinct from, the woolly mammoth, which belongs to the family Elephantidae.

(SCI) 6 MASTODON FOSSILS DISCOVERED IN ELMACIK IN 4 YEARS

Las dos primeras, Gomphoteriidae y Mammutidae, son referidas comunmente como mastodontes y se conocen solamente por el registro fosil.

Dental morphology of the gomphotheres from the locality of Muaco, Falcon State, Venezuela/Morfologia dentaria de los gonfoterios de la localidad de Muaco, Estado Falcon, Venezuela/Morfologia dental do gonfoterios da localidade de Muaco, Estado Falcon, Venezuela

SAUNDERS, J.J., 1996: North American Mammutidae.--En: SHOSHANI, J.

Proboscideos fosiles del Cenozoico superior de America Central: taxonomia, evolucion y significado paleogeografico