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Hemimastodon

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Hemimastodon
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Fossil
Scientific classification
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Hemimastodontidae
Genus:
Hemimastodon
Species
  • H. crepusculi (Pilgrim, 1908)

Hemimastodon ("half mastodont") is an extinct genus of proboscidea from the Late Miocene deposits of the Dera Bugti Beds in Pakistan.

Its phylogenetic affinity within the proboscidea is uncertain.

References

  • Tassy, P. 1988. Le statut systématique de l’espèce Hemimastodon crepusculi (Pilgrim): L’éternal problème de l’homologie et de la convergence. Annales de Paléontologie 74: 115–127.