Serbelodon Explained

Serbelodon is an extinct genus of proboscidean. It had tusks and a trunk. It lived in North America 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.^[1]

Serbelodon burnhami was named after Frederick Russell Burnham the brother-in-law of the fossil's discoverer John C. Blick.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Crespo . Victor . Prado . José . Alberdi . María . Cabrales . Joaquín . Johnson . Eileen . Feeding ecology of the gomphotheres (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae) of America . 229 . 106126 . Quaternary Science Reviews . 2020 . Elsevier . 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106126 . 2020QSRv..22906126P . 212782959 . 25 October 2021.
2. Osborn . Henry Fairfield . June 29, 1933 . Serbelodon Burnhami, a new Shovel-Tusker from California . American Museum Novitates . 639 . 1–5 . 2007-11-01 .