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Mastodontidae (disused)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mastodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Mastodonadae Gray p. 306
1921Mastodontidae Osborn p. 2
1953Mastodontidae Bergounioux et al. p. 24
1981Mastodontidae Thurmond and Jones p. 179
2018Mastodontidae Eshelman et al. p. 10

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyMastodontidae()
familyMastodontidae()

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.

Fm. Mastodontidae Gray 1821
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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: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:32:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:32:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Irvingtonian or 20.44000 to 0.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Spain (Toledo) Mastodontidae indet. (40721)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya Mastodontidae indet. (57007)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333China (Nei Mongol) Mastodontidae indet. (28783)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62China (Nei Mongol) Mastodontidae indet. (28782)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Murcia) Mastodontidae indet. (40752)
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.9 - 0.3USA (Texas) Mastodontidae indet. (207453)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Texas) Mastodontidae indet. (207486)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Slovakia Mastodontidae indet. (41030)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Acre) Mastodontidae indet. (65143)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Mastodontidae indet. (207539)