Megabelodon

Megabelodon is an extinct genus of proboscidean which inhabited North America in from the Miocene to the Pliocene. Specimens were found in Nevada and New Mexico.^[1][2] The genus has been disputed, with some paleontologists considering Megabelodon as a synonym of Gomphotherium,^[3] while others have considered it to be a genus of amebelodontid.^[4]

Megabelodon Temporal range: Miocene–Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
M. lulli skeleton
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Family:	†Gomphotheriidae
Genus:	†Megabelodon Barbour, 1914
Type species
†Megabelodon lulli Barbour, 1914
Species
M. cruziensis Frick 1933 M. joraki Frick, 1933 M. lulli M. minor Barbour 1934 M. phippsi Cook 1928