MASTODON

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Subdivision / Infradivision . . .
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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.