''Hemimastodon'' ("half mastodont") is an extinct genus of

proboscidean The Proboscidea (; , ) are a taxonomic order of afrotherian mammals containing one living family (Elephantidae) and several extinct families. First described by J. Illiger in 1811, it encompasses the elephants and their close relatives. From ...

from the Late

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and mea ...

deposits of the Dera Bugti Beds in

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. Its phylogenetic affinity within other proboscideans is uncertain.

References

* Tassy, P. 1988. Le statut systématique de l’espèce Hemimastodon crepusculi (Pilgrim): L’éternal problème de l’homologie et de la convergence. Annales de Paléontologie 74: 115–127. Elephantiformes Miocene proboscideans Miocene mammals of Asia Prehistoric placental genera {{paleo-proboscidean-stub