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Platybelodon loomisi

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Torynobelodon loomisi was named by Barbour (1929). It is not extant. Its type locality is Torynobelodon loomisi Quarry, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Nebraska. It is the type species of Torynobelodon.

It was recombined as Amebelodon loomisi by Gregory (1945); it was recombined as Platybelodon loomisi by Barbour (1932), Shoshani and Tassy (1996).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Torynobelodon loomisi Barbour
1932Platybelodon loomisi Barbour
1936Torynobelodon loomisi Osborn
1945Amebelodon loomisi Gregory
1990Torynobelodon loomisi Lambert
1990Torynobelodon loomisi Thomasson et al.
1996Platybelodon loomisi Shoshani and Tassy

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
subfamilyAmebelodontinae
genusPlatybelodonBorissiak 1928
speciesloomisi()

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.

†Platybelodon loomisi Barbour 1929
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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 15:19:37
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:19:37
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Hemphillian or 9.40000 to 4.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Torynobelodon loomisi (type locality: 18423)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Kansas) Torynobelodon loomisi (18263)