- Zygolophodon tapiroides
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Zygolophodon tapiroides
Temporal range: 11.610–1.810 Ma Miocene to PlioceneScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Proboscidea Family: Mammutidae Genus: Zygolophodon Species: Z. tapiroides Binomial name Zygolophodon tapiroides
Cuvier, (1824)Synonyms - Mastodonte tapiroide
- Mastodon (Zygolophodon) tapiroides
- Mastodon borsoni (Borson's mastodon)
- Mastodon turicensis
Zygolophodon tapiroides was a mastodon known from fossils found in Europe. It lived about three million years ago and eventually became extinct.
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