Blancotherium

Blancotherium
Temporal range: Clarendonian
~12–10 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Gomphotheriidae
Genus: Blancotherium
May, 2019
Type species
Blancotherium buckneri
(Sellards, 1940)

Blancotherium (meaning "Blanco Creek beast") is an extinct genus of gomphotheriid proboscidean from Texas.[1] Originally named Gnathabelodon "buckneri", the genus consists solely of type species B. buckneri.[1]

  1. ^ a b May, SR; 2019 "The Lapara Creek Fauna: Early Clarendonian of south Texas, USA". Palaeontologia Electronica (22.1.15)1-129