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Amebelodontinae
Taxonomy
Amebelodontinae was named by Barbour (1927).
It was assigned to Bunomastodontidae by Osborn (1936); to Gomphotheriidae by Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Sanders and Miller (2002), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Sanders et al. (2010) and Wang et al. (2013); to Elephantimorpha by Mothé et al. (2016); and to Elephantiformes by Wang et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Bunomastodontidae by Osborn (1936); to Gomphotheriidae by Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Sanders and Miller (2002), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Sanders et al. (2010) and Wang et al. (2013); to Elephantimorpha by Mothé et al. (2016); and to Elephantiformes by Wang et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1927 | Amebelodontinae Barbour p. 1 |
| 1936 | Amebelodontinae Osborn p. 31 |
| 1996 | Amebelodontinae Shoshani and Tassy p. 352 |
| 2002 | Amebelodontinae Sanders and Miller p. 396 |
| 2005 | Amebelodontinae Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2 |
| 2010 | Amebelodontinae Sanders et al. p. 198 |
| 2013 | Amebelodontinae Wang et al. |
| 2016 | Amebelodontinae Mothé et al. |
| 2017 | Amebelodontinae Wang et al. p. 604 |
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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.
Subfm. †Amebelodontinae Barbour 1927
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G. †Amebelodon Barbour 1927
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Subg. †Amebelodon (Amebelodon) Barbour 1927
†Amebelodon floridanus Leidy 1886
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Invalid names: Amebelodon sinclairi Barbour 1930 [synonym], Trilophodon hicksi Cook 1922 [synonym], Trilophodon paladentatus Cook 1922 [synonym]
†Amebelodon fricki Barbour 1927
†Amebelodon grandincisivus Schlesinger 1917
†Amebelodon joraki Frick 1933
G. †Archaeobelodon Tassy 1984
G. †Platybelodon Borissiak 1928
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†Platybelodon barnumbrowni Barbour 1931
†Platybelodon dangheesis Wang and Qiu 2002
†Platybelodon danovi Borissiak 1928
†Platybelodon grangeri Osborn 1929
†Platybelodon loomisi Barbour 1929
Subfm. †Platybelodontinae Wang et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lambert and Shoshani 1998 | |||||
Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Tortonian or 16.30000 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (56 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Namibia | Progomphotherium maraisi (70420) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Uganda | Gomphotheriidae indet. (28293) | |
| Miocene | USA (Nebraska) | Amebelodon sp. (18029) | |
| Miocene | USA (Florida) | Amebelodon sp. (18531) Serridentinus floridanus (18530) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Shaanxi) | Selenolophodon spectabilis (41811) | |
| Burdigalian | Kenya | Platybelodon sp. (38060) | |
| Burdigalian - Serravallian | Pakistan (Baluchistan) | Protanancus chinjiensis (180630) | |
| MN 4 | Egypt | Archaeobelodon sp. (53970) | |
| MN 4 | Pakistan (Balochistan) | Protanancus chinjiensis (69540) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Kansas) | Tetralophodon campester (18360) | |
| Langhian | Pakistan (Sind) | Amebelodontinae indet. (71443 71444) | |
| Langhian | Kenya (Nyanza) | Protanancus macinnesi (21339) | |
| Langhian | Kenya | Protanancus macinnesi (22070 22077) | |
| Langhian | China | Aphanobelodon zhaoi (13406) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Kenya | Protanancus sp. (22273) | |
| Middle Miocene | Namibia | Afromastodon coppensi (21855) | |
| Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Proboscidea indet. (28781) | |
| Serravallian | China (shaanxi) | Platybelodon grangeri (42851) Selenolophodon spectabilis (42752) | |
| Serravallian | China (Xinjiang) | Platybelodon sp. (42246) | |
| Serravallian | Pakistan (Sind) | Amebelodontinae indet. (71448 71449 71450) | |
| Serravallian | China (Ningxia) | Platybelodon tongxinensis, Gomphotherium tongxinensis, Platybelodon grangeri, Platybelodon sp., Miomastodon tongxinensis (42539) | |
| MN 6 | Russian Federation (Stavropol) | Platybelodon jamandzalgensis, Platybelodon danovi (56738) | |
| MN 6 | China (Gansu) | Platybelodon grangeri (71105) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | Amebelodon sp. (18054) Torynobelodon barnumbrowni (18321) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (South Dakota) | Amebelodon sp. (18063 18470) | |
| Clarendonian - Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | Amebelodon fricki (18305) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Florida) | Serridentinus floridanus (18505) | |
| Vallesian | China (Shaanxi) | Platybelodon sp. (42269) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima) | Protanancus sp. (144187) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Kansas) | Amebelodon sp. (18448) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | Amebelodon fricki (18086) Torynobelodon loomisi (18423) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Oklahoma) | Amebelodon sp. (170197) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Oregon) | Amebelodon sp. (18806) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Kansas) | Torynobelodon loomisi (18263) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Colorado) | Amebelodon hicksi (18495) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Florida) | Amebelodon floridanus (26549) Amebelodon sp. (18560 18563) Mastodon floridanus (216990) Platybelodon sp. (18601) Serridentinus floridanus (18529) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Montana) | Amebelodon hicksi (18870) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Idaho) | Amebelodon floridanus (19085) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Texas) | Amebelodon fricki (18072) Amebelodon hicksi (18198) | |
| MN 10 | Turkey (Thrace) | Amebelodon grandincisivus (67661) | |
| Turolian | Tajikistan | Platybelodon sp. (34393) |