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Haplomastodon chimborazi Proaño, 1922

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct if valid

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

South America

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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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]

 

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