Biology:Serbelodon

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Serbelodon
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
Serbelodon Sp., Shovel-tusked Elephant.jpg
Serbelodon sp. skeleton in Nanjing Paleontology Museum
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Amebelodontidae
Genus: Serbelodon
Frick, 1933
Type species
Serbelodon barbourensis
Frick, 1933
Species

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

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. They had a diet that consisted of C3 plants which include fruits, tree cortex, herbs, and leaves.[1]

Serbelodon burnhami was named after Frederick Russell Burnham the brother-in-law of the fossil's discoverer John C. Blick.[2]

References

  1. Crespo, Victor; Prado, José; Alberdi, María; Cabrales, Joaquín; Johnson, Eileen (2020). "Feeding ecology of the gomphotheres (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae) of America". Quaternary Science Reviews (Elsevier) 229: 106126. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106126. Bibcode2020QSRv..22906126P. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277379119302525. Retrieved 25 October 2021. 
  2. Osborn, Henry Fairfield (June 29, 1933). "Serbelodon Burnhami, a new Shovel-Tusker from California". American Museum Novitates (639): 1–5. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/2061/1/N0639.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-01. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1434474 entry