Eozygodon

Eozygodon is an extinct genus of proboscidean in the family Mammutidae that is based on a single species, E. morotoensis, named in 1983.[1] It is known from the Early Miocene of Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Namibia)[2] and well as possibly the Middle Miocene of China.[3] It is considered a primitive member of the family, retaining a long lower jaw (longirostrine) with lower tusks.[3][4]

Eozygodon
Temporal range: Early Miocene
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Occlusal view of the third lower molar (m3) of E. morotoensis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: †Mammutidae
Genus: †Eozygodon
Tassy & Pickford, 1983
Binomial name
†Eozygodon morotoensis
Tassy & Pickford, 1983

References
  1. Tassy, P. and Pickford, M. (1983). Un nouveau mastodonte zygolophodonte (Proboscidea, Mammalia) dans le Miocène Inférieur d'Afrique orientale: Systématique et paléoenvironnement. Géobios 16: 53-77.
  2. William J. Sanders, Emmanuel Gheerbrant, John M. Harris, Haruo Saegusa, Cyrille Delmer (2010). "Proboscidea". In Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (eds.). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. pp. 186–. ISBN 978-0-520-25721-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. Zhang, Xiaoxiao; Wang, Shiqi (2021-09-02). "First report of Eozygodon (Mammutidae, Proboscidea) in Eurasia". Historical Biology. 33 (9): 1661–1670. doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1723579. ISSN 0891-2963.
  4. Mothé, Dimila; Avilla, Leonardo S.; Zhao, Desi; Xie, Guangpu; Sun, Boyang; Mothé, Dimila; Avilla, Leonardo S.; Zhao, Desi; Xie, Guangpu (2016). "A new Mammutidae (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Gansu Province, China". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 88 (1): 65–74. doi:10.1590/0001-3765201520150261. ISSN 0001-3765. PMID 26839998.


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