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Progomphotherium maraisi

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Progomphotherium maraisi was named by Pickford (2003). Its type specimen is AM 1’95, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Auchas Pit AM 02, which is in a Miocene/Miocene channel siliciclastic in Namibia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Progomphotherium maraisi Pickford p. 211 figs. Pl. 6, Fig. 1-3
2010Progomphotherium maraisi Sanders et al. p. 198

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
subfamilyAmebelodontinae
genusProgomphotherium
speciesmaraisi

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.

†Progomphotherium maraisi Pickford 2003
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Diagnosis
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