''Serbelodon'' is an extinct genus of
proboscidean. It had
tusks and a
trunk
Trunk may refer to:
Biology
* Trunk (anatomy), synonym for torso
* Trunk (botany), a tree's central superstructure
* Trunk of corpus callosum, in neuroanatomy
* Elephant trunk, the proboscis of an elephant
Computing
* Trunk (software), in rev ...
. It lived in
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
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.
''Serbelodon burnhami'' was named after
Frederick Russell Burnham the brother-in-law of the fossil's discoverer John C. Blick.
References
Amebelodontidae
Miocene mammals of North America
Prehistoric mammals of North America
Miocene proboscideans
Prehistoric placental genera
Fossil taxa described in 1933
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