Sinomastodon
Sign in to saveSinomastodon ("Chinese mastodont") is an extinct gomphothere proboscidean known from the Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene of Asia, including China, Japan, Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia and probably Kashmir.
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- Parent taxon
- Gomphothere
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- Sinomastodon bumiayuensis.png
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- Sinomastodon
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- Sinomastodon
- temporal range start
- Late Miocene
- temporal range end
- Early Pleistocene
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Sinomastodon ("Chinese mastodont") is an extinct gomphothere proboscidean known from the Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene of Asia, including China, Japan, Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia and probably Kashmir.
== Description == Sinomastodon, in comparison to earlier gomphotheres, had a shortened (brevirostrine) lower jaw that lacked permanent tusks/incisors. The skull was proportionally relatively short. The upper tusks, which are circular in cross-section, are upward curving and lack enamel bands. The molar teeth were triolophodont and bunodont. One individual of S. hanjiangensis, suggested to about 30-years-old, is estimated to have been about tall and weighed .
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