Torynobelodon

Torynobelodon is a genus of large herbivorous amebelodontid proboscideans, related to the elephants. It lived during the late Miocene Epoch in Asia and North America.

Taxonomy

Shoshani placed Torynobelodon as a synonym of Platybelodon, but Lambert and Shoshani considered it morphologically distinct to be a separate genus. A 2016 cladistic study found it to be more primitive than either Platybelodon and Aphanobelodon.