Haplomastodon chimborazi Proaño, 1922
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct if valid
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
South America
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Proaño, J. F. (1922). La Virgen del Dios Chimborazo, Tradiciones Puruhaes. Imprenta “El Observador”, Riobamba, Ecuador. 23 pp.
Other references:
Ferretti, Marco P. (2010). Anatomy of Haplomastodon chimborazi (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from the late Pleistocene of Ecuador and its bearing on the phylogeny and systematics of South American gomphotheres. Geodiversitas 32(4): 663-721. [Abstract]
Mothé, Dimila et al. (2012). Taxonomic revision of the Quaternary gomphotheres (Mammalia: Proboscidea: Gomphotheriidae) from the South American lowlands. Quaternary International 276-277: 2-7. [Abstract]