Stegomastodon

Stegomastodon
Temporal range: Pliocene-Early Pleistocene
~4–1.2 Ma
S. mirificus fossil at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Gomphotheriidae
Genus: Stegomastodon
Pohlig, 1912
Species
  • S. aftoniae
  • S. mirificus
  • S. nebrascensis
  • S. primitivus
Synonyms
  • Morrillia

Stegomastodon ('roof breast tooth') is an extinct genus of gomphotheres. It ranged throughout North America from the Pliocene (early Blancan ~4 Ma), to the Early Pleistocene (early Irvingtonian, ~1.2 Ma). The former South American species have been synonymized with Notiomastodon platensis.