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Extinct family of proboscidean mammals
Gomphotheres are an extinct group of proboscideans related to modern elephants. First appearing in Africa during the Oligocene, they dispersed into Eurasia
Gomphothere
Extinct genus of elephant-like mammals
extinct genus of gomphothere proboscidean from the Neogene of Eurasia, Africa and North America. It is the most diverse genus of gomphothere, with over a
Gomphotherium
Extinct genus of gomphothere elephantimorph native to South America
Notiomastodon is an extinct genus of gomphothere proboscidean (related to modern elephants), endemic to South America from the Pleistocene to the early
Notiomastodon
Order of mammals including elephants
Extinct members of Proboscidea include the deinotheres, mastodons, gomphotheres, amebelodonts and stegodonts. The family Elephantidae also contains several
Proboscidea
Genus of proboscideans
Anancus is an extinct genus of "tetralophodont gomphothere" native to Afro-Eurasia, that lived from the Tortonian stage of the late Miocene until its
Anancus
Extinct genus of mammals
Cuvieronius is an extinct New World genus of gomphothere which ranged from southern North America to northwestern South America during the Pleistocene
Cuvieronius
Extinct genus of large herbivorous proboscidean mammals
forming a sister group to gomphotheres. Others, however, suggest that amebelodonts are an unnatural assemblage of gomphotheres which independently evolved
Platybelodon
Family of extinct elephant-like mammals
elephants and different from those of other extinct proboscideans like gomphotheres and mammutids, with both groups having a proal jaw movement utilizing
Stegodontidae
Condition in male elephants
indicates that similar behaviour occurred in extinct proboscideans like gomphotheres and mastodons. Elephants often discharge a thick, tar-like secretion
Musth
Extinct genus of mammals
ὀδούς (odoús), meaning "tooth") is an extinct genus of "tetralophodont gomphothere" belonging to the superfamily Elephantoidea, known from the Miocene of
Tetralophodon
This is a list of gomphothere fossils found in South America. Gomphotheres were elephant-like mammals that lived from the Middle Miocene (approximately
List of gomphothere fossils in South America
List_of_gomphothere_fossils_in_South_America
Extinct family of mammals
Gomphotheriidae, cladistic analysis recovers choerolophodont gomphotheres as basal to trilophodont gomphotheres and therefore a distinct family. Some studies have
Choerolophodontidae
Extinct genus of mammals
Amebelodon is commonly referred to as a "shovel-tusked" gomphothere (another shovel-tusked gomphothere that may or may not be closely related to Amebelodon
Amebelodon
Extinct genus of primitive elephantid
Stegotetrabelodon is suggested to have probably evolved from the "tetralophodont gomphothere" Tetralophodon. The earliest species S. emiratus is known from the Late
Stegotetrabelodon
Continent
casualties including saber-toothed cats, ground sloths, glyptodonts, gomphotheres, the equines Hippidion and Equus neogeus, and all remaining South American
South_America
Extinct genus of mammals
1970, with the specific epithet indicating the fossil specimens were gomphothere-like. Primelephas korotorensis is the only other species to be assigned
Primelephas
Extinct genus of mammals
Elephantimorpha †Mammutidae (mastodons) Elephantida †Gomphotheriidae (gomphotheres) Elephantoidea †Stegodontidae (stegodontids) Elephantidae Loxodonta (African
Mammoth
Extinct genus of mammals
Stegomastodon ('roof breast tooth') is an extinct genus of gomphotheres. It ranged throughout North America from the Pliocene (early Blancan ~3.58 Ma)
Stegomastodon
Extinct genus of mammals
shovel-tusked gomphothere Konobelodon (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae), in Eurasia for the status of Amebelodon with a new genus of shovel-tusked gomphothere, Stenobelodon"
Stenobelodon
Extinct genus of mammals
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Parachoerodon
Largest living land animal
the more advanced elephantimorphs, including mammutids (mastodons), gomphotheres, amebelodontids (which includes the "shovel tuskers" like Platybelodon)
Elephant
Country in Central America
the giant ground sloth Eremotherium, the toxodontid Mixotoxodon, the gomphothere Cuvieronius, the glyptodont Glyptotherium, the camelid Hemiauchenia,
El_Salvador
Genus of extinct proboscidean
lophs that are different from those of more primitive proboscideans like gomphotheres and mammutids. Fossils of the genus are known from Africa and across
Stegodon
Extinct genus of proboscid
Eubelodon is an extinct genus of gomphothere (a family in the order Proboscidea, which also includes modern elephants) which lived in North America during
Eubelodon
Extinct genus of gomphothere proboscidean
Sinomastodon ("Chinese mastodon") is an extinct gomphothere proboscidean known from the Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene of Asia, including China, Japan
Sinomastodon
Extinct family of mammals
shovel-tusked gomphothere Konobelodon (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae) in Eurasia for the status of Amebelodon with a new genus of shovel-tusked gomphothere, Stenobelodon"
Amebelodontidae
State of Mexico
13,390 calibrated years Before Present. At the site, remains of the gomphothere Cuvieronius were found associated with Clovis spear points, suggesting
Sonora
Family of mammals
genera. Elephantids are distinguished from more basal proboscideans like gomphotheres by their teeth, which have parallel lophs, formed from the merger of
Elephantidae
Clade of mammals
mastodons), as well as Elephantida, including amebelodonts, choerolophodonts, gomphotheres, stegodontids and elephantids. All members of Elephantimorpha have the
Elephantimorpha
Extinct species of mammutid proboscidean
species, including the mammoth Mammuthus rumanus and the "tetralophodont gomphothere" Anancus arvernensis, which also had browsing-based diets. Other animals
"Mammut"_borsoni
Extinct genus of proboscid
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Omanitherium
Extinct genus of mammutid proboscidean
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Zygolophodon
Stage of the Pleistocene Epoch
Sinomastodon in East Asia at the Early-Middle Pleistocene boundary, gomphotheres became completely extinct in Afro-Eurasia, but continued to persist in
Middle_Pleistocene
This is a list of North American mammals. It includes all mammals currently found in the United States, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Canada, Greenland, Bermuda
List of mammals of North America
List_of_mammals_of_North_America
Species of flowering plant in the laurel family
now-extinct megafauna. Barlow proposed that the dispersers included the gomphothere (elephant relative) Cuvieronius, as well as ground sloths, toxodontids
Avocado
Extinct genus of mammals
February 2016). "Eurybelodon shoshanii, an unusual new shovel-tusked gomphothere (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from the late Miocene of Oregon". Journal of
Eurybelodon
Extinct species of mammoth
the fate of all the other late Pleistocene proboscideans (mammoths, gomphotheres, and mastodons), as well as most of the rest of the megafauna, of the
Woolly_mammoth
Extinct species of mammoth that inhabited North America
America is thought to have resulted in the extinction of the grazing gomphothere (a relative of elephantids and mastodons) Stegomastodon around 1.2 million
Columbian_mammoth
Extinct species of elephant
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Loxodonta_cookei
Genus of mammals
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Khamsaconus
Extinct genus of mammals
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Numidotherium
Suborder of mammals
includes mastodons (family Mammutidae), as well as modern elephants and gomphotheres (Elephantida), which are distinguished from more primitive elephantiforms
Elephantiformes
Extinct suborder of mammals
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Plesielephantiformes
Second epoch of the Neogene Period
York River, Virginia In North America, rodents, large mastodons and gomphotheres, and opossums continued successfully, while hoofed animals (ungulates)
Pliocene
Ancient Pleistocene site near Pitiquito in northwestern Sonora, Mexico
a radiocarbon date that is almost identical. In 2011, remains of the gomphothere (elephant relative) Cuvieronius dating around 13,390 calibrated years
El_Fin_del_Mundo
Genus of extinct elephant-like mammals
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Stegolophodon
Attributes of living species that arose due to coevolution with other now-extinct species
Fruits the Gomphotheres Ate" in the journal Science. Among the largest of extinct fruit-eating mammals in the American tropics were the gomphotheres, related
Evolutionary_anachronism
Species of mammoth known from northern and central Africa (fossil)
to the genus Equus and Hipparion, the giant giraffid Sivatherium, the gomphothere Anancus, bovines, antelopes (Gazella, Kobus, Damaliscus, Megalotragus
Mammuthus_africanavus
Archaeological site in Llanquihue Province, Chile
that the occupants also butchered now extinct megafauna, including the gomphothere (elephant-relative) Notiomastodon and the llama Palaeolama. Surovell
Monte_Verde
Prehistoric culture in the Americas c. 11,100–10,800 BCE
strong association with mammoths, and to a lesser extent with mastodon, gomphothere, bison, and horse; they also consumed smaller animals and plants. The
Clovis_culture
Extinct genus of mammals
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Moeritherium
Extinct proboscidean mammal genus
sister clade, Gomphotheriidae. In a 2023 publication on the relevance of gomphotheres in biostratigraphy, Wang et al. noted that the species "Protanancus"
Saegusaia
Extinct genus of elephantid
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Phanagoroloxodon
Extinct genus of mammals
Linxia Basin and the biostratigraphic significance of tetralophodont gomphotheres from the Upper Miocene of northern China". Palaeoworld. in press. doi:10
Paratetralophodon
Genus of mammals
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Elephas
Extinct genus of mammals
Posadas, P.; Donato, M. (2007), "Historical Biogeography of Trilophoont Gomphotheres (Mammalia, Proboscidea) Reconstructed Applying Dispersion-Vicariance
Archaeobelodon
Extinct species of mammoth
of its existence in Europe, it existed alongside the "tetralophodont gomphothere" Anancus arvernensis. Dietary analysis based on microwear suggests that
Mammuthus_meridionalis
Joint diseases of the vertebral column
Pacheco, Aryel (September 2019). "Palaeopathological analysis of a Chilean gomphothere (Proboscidea: Gomphotheriidae)". International Journal of Paleopathology
Spondyloarthritis
Extinct genus of mammals
367 kilograms (6,177–16,241 lb), making it generally larger than most gomphotheres on account of its thicker limb bones. Its standing posture, however,
Konobelodon
Extinct family of mammals
in parallel in mammutids and members of Elephantida (which includes gomphotheres and elephants), though this is uncertain. Compared to modern elephants
Mammutidae
Paleontology museum of Pliocene epoch in Pazardzhik District, Bulgaria
million years ago around the village of Dorkovo, a life-size model of a gomphothere, related to elephants, and a diorama. During 1983 a team of paleontologists
Dorkovo_Museum
Extinct genus of elephants
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Selenetherium
Extinct genus of mammals
tusks/incisors, a trait only shared among proboscideans with the North American gomphothere genera Eubelodon and Gnathabelodon. It has been suggested that instead
Choerolophodon
Extinct genus of mammals
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Deinotherium
Extinct genus of proboscideans
niche partition with other members of Proboscidea in North America, like gomphotheres and the Columbian mammoth, who had shifted to mixed feeding or grazing
Mastodon
Extinct genus of xenarthran mammals
Oklahoma, including several fragmentary fossils of glyptodonts, equids, gomphotheres, and camelids. The glyptodont fossils were originally referred to Glyptodon
Glyptotherium
Extinct genus of proboscid
Rhynchotherium is an extinct genus of gomphothere endemic to the southern USA and Mexico from the Miocene to the Early Pleistocene (5.9 to 2.2 Ma). This
Rhynchotherium
Genus of mammals
resembled Palaeomastodon, though was less basal and bore similarities to gomphotheres, to the point where it was briefly considered their ancestor. A retracted
Phiomia
Extinct genus of mammals
María; Cabrales, Joaquín; Johnson, Eileen (2020). "Feeding ecology of the gomphotheres (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae) of America". Quaternary Science Reviews
Serbelodon
Species of tree
; Martin, Paul S. (1982). "Neotropical Anachronisms: The Fruits the Gomphotheres Ate". Science. 215 (4528): 19–27. Bibcode:1982Sci...215...19J. doi:10
Asimina_triloba
Extinct genus of saber-toothed cats
Dorcatherium naui, giraffid Decennatherium pachecoi, and "tetralophodont gomphothere" Tetralophodon longirostris. Isotopic analysis shows Machairodus hunted
Machairodus
Extinct genus of saber-toothed cat
Palaeolama major group in Brazil, in a landscape also including the gomphothere Notiomastodon platensis, the horse Equus neogeus and the ground sloth
Smilodon
Blancan in the NALMA classification) of the Neogene period, including the gomphothere Blancotherium among many other fossil mammals, reptiles, birds and fish
Goliad_Formation
Prehistoric family of mammals
(side-to-side) movement. This chewing action differs from both that of gomphotheres (lateral grinding) and elephants (horizontal shearing). Deinothere molars
Deinotheriidae
Extinct genus of turtles
Alto Fm. Devonian Cuche Fm. Floresta Fm. Notable fossils Pleistocene Gomphotheres Megatherium Honda Gp. Anachlysictis Aramus paludigrus Balanerodus Boreostemma
Carbonemys
Extinct species of mammal
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Eritreum
Extinct genus of mammals
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Phosphatherium
Genus of extinct elephants
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Palaeoloxodon
Species of legume
pair of scientists have speculated that now extinct ground sloths and gomphotheres ate the fruit around and the seeds and helped with dispersal. Datiles
Cassia_grandis
Archaeological site in Chile
contains both human made lithic artifacts and megafauna remains–including gomphotheres. All the horizons containing megafauna and evidence of human activity
Pilauco_Bajo
Archaeological site in Tlaxcala, Mexico
various recovered archaeological materials, including the remains of a gomphothere. The name Tepeticpac comes from the Nahuatl language and means "at the
Tepeticpac
Extinct genus of proboscideans
little lateral movement. This chewing action differs from both that of gomphotheres (lateral grinding) and elephants (horizontal shearing). Deinothere molars
Prodeinotherium
Topics referred to by the same term
Elephantimorpha, including "true mastodons" (Mammutidae), as well as gomphotheres, amebelodontids and choerolophodontids Mastodon (social network), open-source
Mastodon_(disambiguation)
Extinct genus of mammal
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Eozygodon
Extinct genus of mammals
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Losodokodon
Species of tree
may serve as seed distribution vectors). Daniel Janzen suggested that gomphotheres (extinct elephant-like animals) may have previously been responsible
Crescentia_alata
Genus comprising two living elephant species
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
African_elephant
North American faunal stage according to the North American Land Mammal Ages chronology
mammoths Mammutidae, mastodons Rhynchotherium, gomphotheres Stegomastodon, gomphotheres Cuvieronius , gomphotheres Rodentia - rodents Paenemarmota, giant marmots
Irvingtonian
Extinct genus of mammals
the joint surface is missing. It was initially believed to have been a Gomphothere similar to Sinomastodon. The lower jaw as a whole was relatively robust
Sinomammut
Extinct genus of mammal
homungous, the largest species of the genus, being even larger, as big as a gomphothere. Pickford (2006) estimated that based on dental morphology, the weight
Megalochoerus
Genus of mammals
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Arcanotherium
Extinct species of mammal
including the mastodon species "Mammut" borsoni and the "tetralophodont gomphothere" Anancus arvernensis, likely niche partitioning with the latter by occupying
Mammuthus_rumanus
French paleontologist (1769–1832)
a crab from the northern hemisphere. Cuvieronius, a genus of extinct gomphothere. Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) Biography portal Biology portal Saartjie
Georges_Cuvier
Genus of mammals (fossil)
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Stegodibelodon
Extinct genus of mammals
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Dagbatitherium
Line where two halves of the jaw fuse
Skull and jaws of the "tetralophodont gomphothere" Tetralophodon longirostris, a proboscidean demonstrating mandibular symphysis elongation
Mandibular_symphysis
Kenyan geological formation
choerolophodontine gomphothere. Choerolophodon C. ngorora Member A Partial skeleton and maxillary fragments A choerolophodontine gomphothere. Deinotherium
Ngorora_Formation
Extinct genus of mammals
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Eritherium
Extinct genus of large herbivorous mammal
Protanancus Saegusaia Serbelodon Stenobelodon Torynobelodon †"Trilophodont gomphotheres" Blancotherium Cuvieronius Eubelodon Gnathabelodon Gomphotherium Notiomastodon
Torynobelodon
Extinct species of tapir
the large mastodon "Mammut" borsoni, the elephant-like "tetralophodont gomphothere" Anancus arvernensis, the primitive mammoth Mammuthus rumanus, the large
Tapirus_arvernensis
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