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Rhynchotherium praecursor

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Dibelodon praecursor was named by Cope (1893).

It was recombined as Mammut praecursor by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Serridentinus praecursor by Osborn (1935); it was recombined as Serbelodon praecursor by Osborn (1936); it was recombined as Rhynchotherium praecursor by Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Dibelodon praecursor Cope p. 64
1902Mammut praecursor Hay p. 711
1935Serridentinus praecursor Osborn
1936Serbelodon praecursor Osborn
1980Rhynchotherium praecursor Kurten and Anderson p. 346

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
genusRhynchotheriumFalconer 1868
speciespraecursor()

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.

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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
Diet 2: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:20:32
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:24:53
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Lambert and Shoshani 1998

Age range: Blancan or 4.90000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Michoacan) Rhynchotherium praecursor (20072)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) Rhynchotherium praecursor (19673)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) Mastodontidae indet. (20024)