Konobelodon

Name: Konobelodon.
Phonetic: Ko-no-bel-o-don.
Named By: W.‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Lambert‭ ‬-‭ ‬1990.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Proboscidea,‭ ‬Amebelodontidae,‭ ‬Amebelodontinae.
Species: K.‭ ‬britti‭ (‬type‭)‬,‭ ‬K.‭ ‬cyrenaicus,‭ ‬K.‭ ‬atticus
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China.‭ ‬Europe.‭ ‬North America.
Time period: Miocene.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of several individuals.

       Konobelodon is a genus of amebelodont that lived across much of the world during the Miocene.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Rediagnosis of the Genus Amebelodon‭ (‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Proboscidea,‭ ‬Gomphotheriidae‭)‬,‭ ‬with a New Subgenus and Species,‭ ‬Amebelodon‭ (‬Konobelodon‭) ‬britti.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Paleontology‭ ‬64‭(‬6‭)‬:1032-1040.‭ ‬-‭ ‬W.‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Lambert‭ ‬-‭ ‬1990.
-‭ ‬The Eurasian occurrence of the shovel-tusker Konobelodon‭ (‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Proboscidea‭) ‬as illuminated by its presence in the late Miocene of Pikermi‭ (‬Greece‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.‭ ‬34:‭ ‬1437‭–‬53.‭ ‬-‭ ‬G.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Konidaris,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Roussiakis,‭ ‬G.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Theodorou‭ & ‬G.‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Koufos‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.
-‭ ‬A new species of the tetralophodont amebelodontine Konobelodon Lambert,‭ ‬1990‭ (‬Proboscidea,‭ ‬Mammalia‭) ‬from the Late Miocene of China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Geodiversitas.‭ ‬38‭ (‬1‭)‬:‭ ‬65‭–‬97.‭ ‬-‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Wang,‭ ‬Q.‭ ‬Shi,‭ ‬W.‭ ‬He,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Chen‭ & ‬X.‭ ‬Yang‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016.



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