Mastodon

Mastodon; Temporal range: Late Miocene - Late Pleistocene, 5.3–0.011 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Muntit M. americanum skelet (the "Warren mastodon"), AMNH
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Mammalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Faimily:	†Mammutidae
Genus:	†Mammut; Blumenbach, 1799
Teep species
	†Elephas americanum; Kerr, 1792
Species
	†M. americanum (Kerr, 1792) ; †M. cosoensis Schultz, 1937 ; †M. matthewi Osborn, 1921 ; †M. pacificus Dooley et al., 2019 ; †M. raki Frick, 1933 ;
	The inferred range o Mammut (Eurasie range includes that o Zygolophodon borsoni, that's genus assignment is uncertaint, an M. matthewi)
Synonyms
	Mastodon Cuvier, 1817 ; Tetracaulodon Godman, 1830 ; Missourium Koch, 1840 ; Leviathan Koch, 1841 (Emend. Koch, 1843) ; Pliomastodon Osborn, 1926 ;

Mastodons (Greek: μαστός "breast" an ὀδούς, "tuith") are ony species o extinct proboscideans in the genus Mammut (faimily Mammutidae), distantly relatit tae elephants, that inhabitit North an Central Americae in the late Miocene or late Pliocene ap tae thair extinction at the end o the Pleistocene 10,000 tae 11,000 yeir back.^[1]

References

↑ Fiedal, Stuart (2009). "Sudden Deaths: The Chronology of Terminal Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinction". In Haynes, Gary (ed.). American Megafaunal Extinctions at the End of the Pleistocene. Springer. pp. 21–37. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8793-6_2. ISBN 978-1-4020-8792-9. Archived frae the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 8 Julie 2019.

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[Fiedal-1] Fiedal, Stuart (2009). "Sudden Deaths: The Chronology of Terminal Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinction". In Haynes, Gary (ed.). American Megafaunal Extinctions at the End of the Pleistocene. Springer. pp. 21–37. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8793-6_2. ISBN 978-1-4020-8792-9. Archived frae the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 8 Julie 2019.

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