Serbelodon

Serbelodon; Temporal range: Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Serbelodon sp. skeleton in Nanjing Paleontology Museum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Family:	†Amebelodontidae
Genus:	†Serbelodon; Frick, 1933
Type species
	†Serbelodon barbourensis; Frick, 1933
Species
	†S. barbourensis Frick, 1933; †S. burnhami Osborn, 1933

Serbelodon is an extinct genus of proboscidean. It had tusks and a trunk. It lived in North America during the Miocene Epoch, and it was closely related to Amebelodon. They had a diet that consisted of C3 plants which include fruits, tree cortex, herbs, and leaves.^[1]

Serbelodon burnhami was named after Frederick Russell Burnham the brother-in-law of the fossil's discoverer John C. Blick.^[2]

References

^ Crespo, Victor; Prado, José; Alberdi, María; Cabrales, Joaquín; Johnson, Eileen (2020). "Feeding ecology of the gomphotheres (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae) of America". Quaternary Science Reviews. 229. Elsevier: 106126. Bibcode:2020QSRv..22906126P. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106126. S2CID 212782959. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
^ Osborn, Henry Fairfield (June 29, 1933). "Serbelodon Burnhami, a new Shovel-Tusker from California" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (639): 1–5. Retrieved 2007-11-01.

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[1] Crespo, Victor; Prado, José; Alberdi, María; Cabrales, Joaquín; Johnson, Eileen (2020). "Feeding ecology of the gomphotheres (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae) of America". Quaternary Science Reviews. 229. Elsevier: 106126. Bibcode:2020QSRv..22906126P. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106126. S2CID 212782959. Retrieved 25 October 2021.

[ammuseumnov29jun1933-2] Osborn, Henry Fairfield (June 29, 1933). "Serbelodon Burnhami, a new Shovel-Tusker from California" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (639): 1–5. Retrieved 2007-11-01.

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