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Amebelodon grandincisivus

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Mastodon grandincisivum was named by Schlesinger (1917).

It was recombined as Stegotetrabelodon grandincisivus by Tobien (1978); it was recombined as Amebelodon grandincisivus by Tassy (1999) and Geraads et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Mastodon grandincisivum Schlesinger
1978Stegotetrabelodon grandincisivus Tobien
1999Amebelodon grandincisivus Tassy
2005Amebelodon grandincisivus Geraads et al. p. 530

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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
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
subfamilyAmebelodontinae
genusAmebelodon
speciesgrandincisivus(Schlesinger 1917)

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.

Amebelodon grandincisivus Schlesinger 1917
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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 15:18:00
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:19:24
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: MN 10 or 9.70000 to 8.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 109.7 - 8.7Turkey (Thrace) Amebelodon grandincisivus (67661)