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Stegodon kaisensis

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Stegodon kaisensis was named by Hopwood (1939).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. compoensis, S. hypsilosphus, S. mediterraneus, S. rathiansis, S. zhaotungensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Stegodon kaisensis Hopwood
1999Stegodon kaisensis Sanders p. 793

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
superfamilyElephantoidea
familyElephantidae
genusStegodonFalconer 1857
specieskaisensisHopwood 1939

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.

†Stegodon kaisensis Hopwood 1939
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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, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Piacenzian or 7.24600 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda Stegodon kaisensis (22393 22418 22420 22437)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia Stegodon kaisensis (22158 22161)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad Stegodon kaisensis (24181)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Uganda Stegodon kaisensis (22424)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya Stegodon kaisensis (22307)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Uganda Stegodon kaisensis (22250 22252 22260 22265)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Stegodon kaisensis (22088 22124)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Chad Stegodon kaisensis (22506)