Hemimastodon ("half mastodont") is an extinct genus of proboscidean from the Late Miocene deposits of the Dera Bugti Beds in Pakistan.

Hemimastodon
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Suborder: Elephantiformes
Family: Hemimastodontidae
Genus: Hemimastodon
Species
  • H. crepusculi (Pilgrim, 1908)

Its phylogenetic affinity within other proboscideans is uncertain.

References

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  • Tassy, P. 1988. Le statut systématique de l’espèce Hemimastodon crepusculi (Pilgrim): L’éternal problème de l’homologie et de la convergence. Annales de Paléontologie 74: 115–127.