MASTODON | |
Kingdom / Phylum . . . . . . . . Subphylum / Superclass . . . . Class / Subclass . . . . . . . . . . Infraclass / Division. . . . . . . . Subdivision / Infradivision . . . Superorder / Order. . . . . . . . |
Animalia / Chordata Cephalochordata / Gnathostomata Mammalia / Theria Eutheria / Placentalia Afrotheria / n.a. n.a. / Proboscidea |
Age: Distribution: |
Early Miocene - Late Pleistocene North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa |
Remarks:In spite of being a well-known name, Mastodon is not a proboscidean genus but the common name for all proboscideans with breast-shaped knobs on their molars. The best known genus is Mamut, not to be confused with Mammuthus, the mammoth. |