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Mammuthus hayi

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Archidiskodon hayi was named by Barbour (1915).

It was recombined as Mammuthus hayi by Webb and Dudley (1995) and Shoshani and Tassy (1996); it was synonymized subjectively with Mammuthus meridionalis by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Lister (1993), Lucas (1996), Lucas and Gonzalez (1996), Lucas et al. (1999) and Agenbroad (2005).

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Archidiskodon hayi Barbour
1925Elephas scotti Barbour
1928Elephas haroldcooki Hay
1953Mammuthus haroldcooki Hibbard
1983Archidiskodon hayi Madden
1995Mammuthus hayi Webb and Dudley
1996Mammuthus hayi Shoshani and Tassy

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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
specieshayi(Barbour 1915)

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 hayi Barbour 1915
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Invalid names: Elephas haroldcooki Hay 1928 [synonym], Elephas scotti Barbour 1925 [synonym]
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: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: Irvingtonian or 1.80000 to 0.30000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.9 - 0.3USA (New Mexico) Mammuthus meridionalis (20397)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Canada (Saskatchewan) Mammuthus hayi (20563)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Mammuthus imperator (20342 20498)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Canada (Yukon) Mammuthus hayi (20432)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (New Mexico) Mammuthus imperator (20396) Mammuthus meridionalis (20546)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Mexico (Aguascalientes) Mammuthus meriodionalis (20283)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Archidiskodon meridionalis (20482) Mammuthus hayi (20475 58089) Mammuthus sp. (20400)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3El Salvador Mammuthus hayi (209718)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Idaho) Mammuthus sp. (20343)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) Mammuthus haroldcooki (20382)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Mammuthus hayi (20543) Mammuthus meridionalis (20409 20454)