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Torynobelodon

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Family:Amebelodontidae
Torynobelodon
Temporal range: Miocene, 15–10 Ma
Teeth of Torynobelodon barnumbrowni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Amebelodontidae
Subfamily: Platybelodontinae
Genus: Torynobelodon
Barbour, 1929
Type species
Torynobelodon loomisi
Barbour, 1929
Species
  • T. loomisi Barbour, 1929
  • T. barnumbrowni Barbour, 1931
  • T. dangheesis (Wang and Qiu, 2002)

Torynobelodon is a genus of large herbivorous amebelodontid proboscideans, related to the elephants. It lived during the late Miocene Epoch in Asia and North America.

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