Serbelodon
Extinct genus of mammals
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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]
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| Serbelodon sp. skeleton in Nanjing Paleontology Museum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | †Amebelodontidae |
| Genus: | †Serbelodon Frick, 1933 |
| Type species | |
| †Serbelodon barbourensis Frick, 1933 | |
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†S. barbourensis Frick, 1933 | |
Serbelodon burnhami was named after Frederick Russell Burnham the brother-in-law of the fossil's discoverer John C. Blick.[2]
