Megabelodon

Megabelodon Temporal range: Miocene–Pliocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
M. lulli skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Family:	†Gomphotheridae
Genus:	†Megabelodon Barbour (1914)
Species
Megabelodon lulli Barbour, 1914 Megabelodon joraki Frick, 1933 Megabelodon cruziensis Frick 1933 Megabelodon phippsi Cook 1928 Megabelodon minor Barbour 1934

Megabelodon is an extinct gomphotherid genus of proboscid which inhabited North America in from the Miocene to the Pliocene. Specimens were found in Nevada and New Mexico. The genus has been disputed, with some paleontologists considering Megabelodon as a synonym of Gomphotherium.