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Mammut floridanum

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae

Taxonomy
Mastodon floridanum was named by Leidy (1886).

It was recombined as Mammut floridanum by Hay (1902).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Mastodon floridanum Leidy
1896Mastodon floridanus Leidy and Lucas p. 15
1902Mammut floridanum Hay p. 710

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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
speciesfloridanum(Leidy 1886)

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 floridanum Leidy 1886
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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, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Florida) Mastodon floridanus (216990)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Mammut floridanum (77596 96899)