''Losodokodon'' is an extinct genus of large herbivorous mammals belonging to the family

Mammutidae Mammutidae is an extinct family of proboscideans that appeared during the Oligocene epoch and survived until the start of the Holocene. The family was first described in 1922, classifying fossil specimens of the type genus ''Mammut'' (mastodons) ...

. It was first described in 2009 by

David Tab Rasmussen David Tab Rasmussen (June 17, 1958 – August 7, 2014), also known as D. Tab Rasmussen, was an American biological anthropologist. Specializing in both paleontology and behavioral ecology with interests in Paleogene mammals, early primate evol ...

and Mercedes Gutiérrez from fossils found in the Erageleit Formation of northwestern Kenya. ''Losodokodon'' lived during the

Late Oligocene The Chattian is, in the geologic timescale, the younger of two ages or upper of two stages of the Oligocene Epoch/Series. It spans the time between . The Chattian is preceded by the Rupelian and is followed by the Aquitanian (the lowest stage ...

, between 27 and 24 million years ago.

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Mastodons Prehistoric placental genera Oligocene mammals of Africa Fossils of Kenya Fossil taxa described in 2009 {{paleo-proboscidean-stub