Hemimastodon
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| Hemimastodon Fossil range: Late Miocene |
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Hemimastodon ("half mastodont") is an extinct genus of proboscidea from the Late Miocene deposits of the Dera Bugti Beds in Pakistan.
Its phylogenetic affinity within the proboscidea is uncertain.
[edit] 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.
