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Aphanobelodon fossil map

Where fossils of Aphanobelodon have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 15 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 15 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Aphanobelodon
Image: ShiQi Wang, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived15.98–13.82 million years ago (Langhian)
PeriodsNeogene
FamilyGomphotheriidae
Named byWang et al. 2017
Fossil records2 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inChina
Rock formationsZhangenbao

About Aphanobelodon

Aphanobelodon is an extinct genus of proboscidean in the family Amebelodontidae, it lived in northern China during the Middle Miocene.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Aphanobelodon (revision 1357111271), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q60594322.

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