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Trobelodon taoensis

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Trobelodon taoensis was named by Frick (1933). Its type specimen is F:AM 21127 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Trobelodon.

It was synonymized subjectively with Gomphotherium productum by Tobien (1973); it was synonymized subjectively with Gomphotherium obscurum by Madden and Storer (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Trobelodon taoensis Frick p. 580

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
genusTrobelodonBurmeister 1837
speciestaoensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Trobelodon taoensis Frick 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:16:35
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:16:35
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available