Zygolophodon

Zygolophodon
Temporal range:
Skull of Zygolophodon sp. from Laogou, Gansu Province, China
Molars of Zygolophodon turicensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: †Mammutidae
Genus: †Zygolophodon
Vacek, 1877
Type species
†Mastodon turicensis
(Schinz, 1824)
Species
  • Z. aegyptensis Sanders & Miller, 2002
  • Z. atavus Borissiak, 1936
  • Z. gobiensis Osborn & Granger, 1932
  • Z. metachinjiensis Osborn, 1929
  • Z. proavus Cope, 1873
  • Z. turicensis Schintz, 1824

Possibly valid species:

  • Z. chinjiensis Chow & Chang, 1978
  • Z. lufengensis Zhang, 1982
  • Z. nemonguensis Chow & Chang, 1961
Synonyms
List
  • Mastodon proavus Cope, 1873
  • Mastodon tapiroides Cuvier, 1824
  • Mastodon turicensis Schnitz, 1824
  • Mammut tapiroides Cuvier, 1824
  • Mammut turicensis Schnitz, 1824

Zygolophodon is an extinct genus of mammutid proboscidean that lived during the Miocene in Africa, Eurasia, and North America. It is suggested to be ancestral to Mammut, the genus containing the American mastodons.

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