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Sinomammut fossil map

Where fossils of Sinomammut have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 5 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 5 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 →

Sinomammut
Image: Picture a (top): Zhao Desi, Picture b (bottom): Pablo Lara, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived11.1–0.774 million years ago (Tortonian to Calabrian)
PeriodsNeogene, Quaternary
FamilyMammutidae
Named byMothé et al. 2016
Fossil records4 occurrences at 2 locations (PBDB)
Found inChina
Rock formationstxn:43273

About Sinomammut

Sinomammut (meaning "Chinese Mammut") is a mammutid proboscidean from the Miocene of China. Only one species, S. tobieni, is known, named in 2016.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Sinomammut (revision 1292219709), 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: Q24257051.

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