Zygolophodon


Zygolophodon is an extinct genus of African, Asian, and European mammutid that lived from the Miocene to the Late Pliocene.

Taxonomy

Zygolophodon belongs in the family Mammutidae, whose best known member is the American mastodon. Zygolophodon tapiroides and Z. turicensis are known from the Early-Middle Miocene of Europe, while Z. aegyptensis is known from the Early Miocene of Egypt, while Z. lufengensis, Z. chinjiensis, and Z. nemonguensis have been found in Miocene deposits in East Asia.
Miomastodon was previously synonymized with Zygolophodon, but is apparently a distinct genus similar to Gomphotherium in having bunodont cheek teeth.