Serbelodon

Serbelodon Temporal range: Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Serbelodon sp. skeleton in Nanjing Paleontology Museum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Family:	† Amebelodontidae
Genus:	† Serbelodon Frick, 1933
Type species
†Serbelodon barbourensis Frick, 1933
Species
†S. barbourensis Frick, 1933 †S. burnhamiOsborn, 1933

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]

Serbelodon burnhami was named after Frederick Russell Burnham the brother-in-law of the fossil's discoverer John C. Blick. ^[2]

References

1. Crespo, Victor; Prado, José; Alberdi, María; Cabrales, Joaquín; Johnson, Eileen (2020). "Feeding ecology of the gomphotheres (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae) of America" . Quaternary Science Reviews. 229. Elsevier: 106126. Bibcode:2020QSRv..22906126P. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106126. S2CID   212782959 . Retrieved 25 October 2021.
2. Osborn, Henry Fairfield (June 29, 1933). "Serbelodon Burnhami, a new Shovel-Tusker from California" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (639): 1–5. Retrieved 2007-11-01.