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Mammut borsoni

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae

Taxonomy
Mastodon borsoni was named by Hays (1834) [possibly not the original combination].

It was synonymized subjectively with Zygolophodon tapiroides by Madden (1980); it was recombined as Mammut borsoni by Lacombat et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. pentilicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Mastodon borsoni Hays
1922Mastodon borsoni Osborn p. 437
2008Mammut borsoni Lacombat et al.

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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
—ElephantimorphaTassy and Shoshani 1997
—MammutidaTassy and Shoshani 1997
familyMammutidaeHay 1922
genusMammutBlumenbach 1799
speciesborsoni(Hays 1834)

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.

†Mammut borsoni Hays 1834
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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 15:16:05
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:24:42
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Turolian to the top of the Villanyian or 8.70000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Russian Federation Mastodon borsoni (75806)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Moldova Mastodon borsoni (75803)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Kazakhstan Mastodon borsoni (75807)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ukraine Mastodon borsoni (75852)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Moldova (Tighina Departement) Mastodon borsoni (36139)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Mammut borsoni (174455)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Ukraine (Odessa) Mastodon borsoni (76293)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ukraine Mastodon borsoni (76294 76296 76302 76305 76306)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Spain (Guadix) Mammut borsoni (186699)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ukraine (Ismail) Mastodon borsoni (76314)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ukraine (Vinnitsa) Mastodon borsoni (76309)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2China (Shanxi) Mammut borsoni (42273)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ukraine Mastodon borsoni (76499)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kazakhstan Mastodon borsoni (76536)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Slovenia Mastodon borsoni (40503)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ukraine Mastodon borsoni (76540 76541 76542 76543 76546)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Moldova Mastodon borsoni (76558 76559 76560)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Romania Mammut borsoni (39682 39842)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Bulgaria Mammut borsoni (71061)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Russian Federation Mastodon borsoni (76509)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Greece (Grevena) Mammut borsoni (182686 185859 185860 185861 185862 187636 195290 195291 195292 195293 195294 195295 195296 195299)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Italy (Tuscany) Mammut borsoni (49406)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Italy (Umbria) Mammut borsoni (49407)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Fejer) Mammut borsoni (35374)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Slovakia Mammut borsoni (41025 41026 41027)