Zygolophodon tapiroides

Zygolophodon tapiroides
Zygolophodon tapiroides
Temporal range: 11.610–1.810 Ma
Miocene to Pliocene
Scientific 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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