Serbelodon

Serbelodon is an extinct genus of proboscidean. It had tusks and a trunk. It lived in North America during the Miocene Epoch, and it was closely related to Amebelodon.

Serbelodon
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
Serbelodon sp. skeleton in Nanjing Paleontology Museum
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Serbelodon

Frick, 1933
Type species
Serbelodon barbourensis
Frick, 1933
Species

S. barbourensis Frick, 1933
S. burnhami Osborn, 1933

Serbelodon burnhami was named after Frederick Russell Burnham the brother-in-law of the fossil's discoverer John C. Blick.[1]

References

  1. Osborn, Henry Fairfield (June 29, 1933). "Serbelodon Burnhami, a new Shovel-Tusker from California" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (639): 1–5. Retrieved 2007-11-01.


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