Named By: | Borissiak in 1928 |
Time Period: | Miocene, 15-10 Ma |
Location: | Africa, Eurasia and North America |
Size: | About 3 meters long |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Several individuals |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Proboscidea | Gomphotheriidae | |
Also known as: | | Amebelodon loomisi | Torynobelodon barnumbrowni | Torynobelodon loomisi | |
Platybelodon ("flat-spear tusk") was a genus of large herbivorous mammal related to the elephant (order Proboscidea). It lived during the late Miocene Epoch in Asia and the Caucasus.