Sinomastodon

Sy-no-mas-to-don.

By Benjamin Gutierrez

Published on January 1, 2015

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Name

Sinomastodon ‭(‬Chinese mastodon‭)‬.

Phonetic

Sy-no-mas-to-don.

Named By

H.‭ ‬Tobien,‭ ‬G.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Chen‭ & ‬Y.‭ ‬Q.‭ ‬Li‭ ‬-‭ ‬1986.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Proboscidea,‭ ‬Gomphotheriidae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

S.‭ ‬intermedius‭

Size

Depending upon species,‭ ‬body length between‭ ‬3.6‭ ‬and‭ ‬5.3‭ ‬meters.

Known locations

China.‭ ‬Indonesia.‭ ‬Japan.

Time Period

Late Miocene to early Pleistocene.

Fossil representation

‭P‬artial remains of numerous individuals.

In Depth

Sinomastodon is a genus of elephant that lived in Asia between the Miocene and early Pleistocene.

-‭ ‬Mastodons‭ (‬Proboscidea,‭ ‬Mammalia‭) ‬from the LateNeogene and Early Pleistocene of the People’s Republic of China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬HistoricalAccount.‭ ‬Mainzer geowiss,‭ ‬mitt.,‭ ‬15,‭ ‬pp.‭ ‬119‭–‬181.‭ ‬-‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Tobien,‭ ‬G.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Chen‭ & ‬Y.‭ ‬Q.‭ ‬Li‭ ‬-‭ ‬1986. -‭ ‬The Dance of Tusks:‭ ‬Rediscovery of Lower Incisors in the Pan-American Proboscidean Cuvieronius hyodon Revises Incisor Evolution in Elephantimorpha.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PLOS ONE.‭ ‬11‭ (‬1‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Dimila Moth�,‭ ‬Marco P.‭ ‬Ferretti‭ & ‬Leonardo S.‭ ‬Avilla‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016. -‭ ‬An examination of feeding ecology in Pleistocene proboscideans from southern China‭ (‬Sinomastodon,‭ ‬Stegodon,‭ ‬Elephas‭)‬,‭ ‬by means of dental microwear texture analysis.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Quaternary International.‭ ‬445:‭ ‬60‭–‬70.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Hanwen Zhang,‭ ‬Yuan Wang,‭ ‬Christine M.‭ ‬Janis,‭ ‬Robert H.‭ ‬Goodall‭ & ‬mark A.‭ ‬Purnell‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016.

Sinomastodon

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