일반명 : 시노마스토돈 다리뼈

장비목(Proboscidea)

곤포테리움과(Gomphotheriidae)

학명 : Sinomastodon bumiajuensis

지질시대 : late Pliocene

원산지 : java, Indonesia

Sinomastodon ("Chinese Mastodont") is an extinct genus of Proboscidea (family Gomphotheriidae), from the Late Miocene to the Early Pleistocene deposits of south-east Asia (China, Japan, Indonesia).

The animal was very similar to modern elephants with size ranging from 3.6 to 5.3 m. Several species are known from China, the best known being S. hanjiangensis from the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene of the Shanxi province. It is known from an incomplete skeleton of an adult (measuring 5.3 m) including maxilla, mandibles, teeth, tusks and other materials have been discovered. The Japanese species S. sendaicus described in 1924 from dentary materials from Pliocene deposits has been ascribed to the genus, as well as the species S. bumiajuensis (formerly Tetralophodon) from the late Pliocene of Java.

References

Tobien, H., Chen, G.F., and Li, Y.Q., 1986; Mastodons (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the LateNeogene and Early Pleistocene of the People’s Republic of China. Part I, HistoricalAccount. Mainzer geowiss, mitt., 15, pp. 119-181.