Sinomammut

Not to be confused with Sinomastodon.
Sinomammut
Temporal range: Miocene, 12–11 Ma
Mandible photograph and interpretive drawing.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Mammutidae
Genus: Sinomammut
Species: S. tobieni
Binomial name
Sinomammut tobieni
Mothé, 2016

Sinomammut (meaning "Chinese Mastodon") is a proboscidean found in the Miocene of China. It was known from a single, fragmentary, mandible found in the 1990s. However, most of the specimen has been lost, leaving only the right ramus and an in-situ photograph of the mandible. The mandible was originally thought a gompothere closely related to Sinomastodon, but an analysis revealed it to actually be a mammutid that was a sister group to the well-known Mastodon. It can be distinguished from the mastodon by its lack of lower tusks.[1]

References

  1. Mothé, Dimila; Avilla, Leonardo S.; Zhao, Desi; Xie, Guangpu; Sun, Boyang; Mothé, Dimila; Avilla, Leonardo S.; Zhao, Desi; Xie, Guangpu. "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.
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