The South American Gomphotheres (Mammalia, Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae): Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Biogeography

Mastodon

A mastodon ( 'breast' + 'tooth') is any proboscidean belonging to Mammut (German for "mammoth"), the type genus of the extinct family Mammutidae.

Research history of Mammut

The research history of Mammut is extensive given its complicated taxonomic and non-taxonomic histories, with the earliest recorded fossil finds dating back to 1705 in…

Notiomastodon

Notiomastodon é um gênero de gonfoterídeo extinto endêmico da América do Sul do Pleistoceno ao Holoceno .

Нотіомастодон