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Mammuthus trogontherii

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Elephas trogontherii was named by Pohlig (1885).

It was recombined as Mammuthus trogontherii by Palombo (2005) and Athanassiou (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. armeniacus, M. gromovi, M. paramammonteus, M. planifrons, M. weifangensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Elephas trogontherii Pohlig
1888Elephas trogontherii Pohlig
2005Mammuthus trogontherii Palombo p. 107
2012Mammuthus trogontherii Athanassiou

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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
genusMammuthusBrookes 1828
speciestrogontherii(Pohlig 1885)

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.

†Mammuthus trogontherii Pohlig 1885
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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: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:21:31
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:24:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Hebei) Mammuthus trogontherii (197069)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Turkey Mammuthus trogontherii (39314)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Mammuthus trogontherii (36006 50000)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Czech Republic Mammuthus trogontherii (35907)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Georgia Mammuthus trogontherii (40398)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Thuringia) Mammuthus trogontherii (22728)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Weisbaden) Mammuthus trogontherii (34400)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Florina) Mammuthus trogontherii (182678)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Bayern) Mammuthus trogontherii (48555)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Granada) Mammuthus trogontherii (34985)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Kyrgyzstan Mammuthus trogontherii (34449)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Mammuthus trogontherii (36205 36207 50257)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Syria Mammuthus trogontherii (34105)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Turkmenistan Mammuthus trogontherii (40695)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Suffolk) Mammuthus trogontherii (49813 49814 49815)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Niedersachsen) Mammuthus trogontherii (50247)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czech Republic Mammuthus trogontherii (36214 36219)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Achaia) Mammuthus trogontherii (204561)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Kozani) Mammuthus trogontherii (204751)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Taiwan (Tainan) Elephas trogontherii (76844)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Budapest) Archidiskodon trogontherii (35474)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Russian Federation (West Siberia) Archidiskodon trogontherii (40485 40492 40493)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Mammuthus trogontherii (49816)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Romania Mammuthus trogontherii (34010 40258 40259)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Kavala) Mammuthus trogontherii (204749)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Elephas trogontherii (43012 43018 43019) Mammuthus trogontherii (49999 50056 50196 50198)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Verona) Elephas trogontherii (43657)
Middle Pleistocene - Quaternary0.774 - 0.0Israel Elephas trogontherii (13490)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117China Mammuthus trogontherii (223635)