Notiomastodon Notiomastodon Notiomastodon is an extinct proboscidean genus of gomphothere (a distant relative to modern Elephants) endemic to South America from the Pleistocene to the Holocene living for approximately . Proboscideans in South America were first described by Georges Cuvier in 1806 but he failed to give them specific names beyond "Mastodon". It was Fischer in 1814 who gave the “"mastodonte des cordillères"” specimen the first specific name ""Mastotherium hyodon"". In 1824, Cuvier gave the specific names of ""Mastodon andium"" to the ""mastodonte des cordillères"" specimen, and ""Mastodon humboldtii"" to the ""mastodonte humboldien"". Due to the Principle of Priority, this means
High Road (Mastodon song) High Road (Mastodon song) "High Road" is a single by American heavy metal band Mastodon. The song was released as the debut single from their sixth album, "Once More 'Round the Sun". The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance, but lost to Tenacious D's cover of Dio's "The Last in Line." The song's official music video was uploaded to the band's YouTube channel on June 11, 2014. The video was directed by Roboshobo. The video begins with a teenage boy watching two scantly dressed women play a game of chess, while he sits on a