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Palaeoloxodon recki

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Elephas recki was named by Dietrich (1915).

It was recombined as Palaeoloxodon recki by Ferretti (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Elephas recki Dietrich
1973Elephas recki Maglio
2004Elephas recki Geraads et al. p. 173
2007Elephas recki Sanders p. 7
2008Palaeoloxodon recki Ferretti p. 105 figs. Fig. 12

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
superfamilyElephantoidea
familyElephantidae
subfamilyElephantinaeGray 1821
tribeElephantiniGray 1821
genusPalaeoloxodon
speciesrecki(Dietrich 1915)

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.

Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915
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Palaeoloxodon recki atavus Arambourg 1947
Elephas recki recki Dietrich 1915
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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: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (250 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Elephas recki (22135)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Elephas recki (21737 22132 22137 22174 22176)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia Elephas recki (21616)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi Elephas recki (22559)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya Elephas recki (22321)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia (Afar) Elephas recki (70907)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya Elephas recki (22267)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.781South Africa Elephas recki (21791)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.781Ethiopia Elephas recki (21989)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Uganda Elephas recki (22212)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Elephas recki (22323 22324 22327)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Elephas recki (22075 22104 22207 22346)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Djibouti Elephas recki (22485)
Zanclean - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Elephas recki (22130 22136 22167 22197)
Pliocene - Holocene5.333 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Elephas recki (22100)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya Elephas recki (21425 21481 21482)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Elephas recki (21549 21608 21636 21637 21638 21640 21762 21767 21769 21784 21785 22034 22037)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia (Afar) Elephas recki (224654)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Elephas recki (21344)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Ethiopia (Afar) Elephas recki (224657)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Kenya (Rift Valley) Elephas recki (21291)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Uganda Elephas recki (22178)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Elephas recki (21398 21410 21457 21461 21474 21475 21486 21488 21503 21504)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Elephas recki (21280 21282 21283 21286 21305 21342 21345 21346 21353 21354 21355 21356)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia (Afar) Elephas recki (224655)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Elephas recki (22593 22595 22596)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Elephas recki (21541 21542 21543 21544 21545 21547 21548 21551 21552 21553 21554 21555 21557 21558 21559 21561 21562 21563 21564 21565 21566 21567 21570 21571 21573 21576 21580 21584 21585 21592 21593 21594 21595 21596 21597 21598 21604 21609 21610 21612 21615 21618 21621 21622 21625 21628 21631 21632 21635 21641 21642 21643 21644 21645 21646 21647 21650 21651 21652 21657 21659 21660 21664 21666 21668 21671 21672 21673 21676 21679 21680 21683 21738 21742 21743 21751 21752 21964 21965 21966 21983 21986 21994 21995 21996 21997 21999 22000 22001 22006 22008 22011 22012 22014 22015 22016 22018 22020 22022 22023 22025 22026 22039)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Eritrea (Buia) Palaeoloxodon recki (193126)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.781Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Elephas recki (22491 22492 22493 22494 22496 22497 22498)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.781Tanzania Elephas recki (21974)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.781Kenya (Rift Valley) Elephas recki (21350)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.781Kenya Elephas recki (21370 21402 21445 21448 21454 21462 21464 21467 21472 21515 21516 21521 32053)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea (Afar Depression) Elephas recki (22488)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Elephas recki (21837 21838 21845 22268 22269 22270 38039)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Elephas recki (48859)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Djibouti Elephas recki (22482 22483 22486 22487)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781South Africa Elephas recki (21923 21928)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Kenya Elephas recki (21368 21403 32060)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) Elephas recki (22552 22553 22554 22558 22577 22578 22579 22583)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Kenya (Rift Valley) Elephas recki (21347)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Namibia Elephas recki (21926)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Tanzania Elephas recki (21970 21971 22041 22064 22337 22468 22614 22617 22620 22621 22626 22627)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Elephas recki (22499)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Djibouti Elephas recki (209750)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Kenya Elephas recki (68020)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117Ethiopia Elephas recki (22134 22156 22169 22170 22172 22177)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Egypt Elephas recki (21907)