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.