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
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
Serbelodon sp. skeleton in Nanjing Paleontology Museum
Scientific classification Edit this 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. burnhami Osborn, 1933

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

References

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  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.