ammonites
Neodesmostylus primigenius Khomenko 1928 (proboscidean)

Mammalia - Proboscidea

Synonym: Desmostylus wollosowitschi Pfizenmayer 1927

Full reference: J. P. Khomenko. 1928. Bemekungen zu E. Pfizenmayer, Ein Desmostyliden Zahn der Neusibirischen Insel Kotelnyi. Zentralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, abt. B 519-520

Belongs to Neodesmostylus according to T. Shikama 1966

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Neodesmostylus primigenius: Its type locality is Balyktach River, which is in a Pleistocene marine horizon in the Russian Federation
  • Desmostylus wollosowitschi:

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser