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Loxodonta atlantica

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Elephas atlanticus was named by Pomel (1879). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Palaeoloxodon atlanticus by Osborn (1942); it was recombined as Loxodonta atlantica by Aguirre (1969).

Subspecies
L. zulu
Entered
by T. Grasso (authorized by M. Uhen) on 2023-08-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Elephas atlanticus Pomel p. 51
1942Palaeoloxodon atlanticus Osborn
1969Loxodonta atlantica Aguirre

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
—ElephantimorphaTassy and Shoshani 1997
—ElephantidaTassy and Shoshani 1997
superfamilyElephantoidea
familyElephantidae
subfamilyElephantinaeGray 1821
tribeLoxodontiniOsborn 1918
genusLoxodonta
speciesatlantica()

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.

†Loxodonta atlantica Pomel 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 20:09:03
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Calabrian or 2.58000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia Loxodonta atlantica (21560 21738 21997)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Morocco Loxodonta atlantica (34286)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Morocco Loxodonta atlantica (22489 34332)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa Loxodonta zulu (21711)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Algeria Loxodonta atlantica (22584)