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Mammutidae (mastodon)
Taxonomy
Mammutidae was named by Hay (1922). It is not extant. Its type is Mammut.
It was assigned to Elephantoidea by Simpson (1945); to Mammutoidea by Maglio (1973), Carroll (1988); to Proboscidea by Shoshani et al. (1989), Abraczinskas (1993); to Elephantiformes by Shoshani and Tassy (1996); to Mammutoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997), Lambert and Shoshani (1998), Shoshani and Tassy (2005); to Mammutida by Shoshani et al. (2006); to Elephantoidea by Sanders and Miller (2002), Sanders et al. (2010); to Elephantimorpha by von Koenigswald et al. (2023); and to Proboscidea by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Miller (1987), Pickford (2003), Zhang et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Elephantoidea by Simpson (1945); to Mammutoidea by Maglio (1973), Carroll (1988); to Proboscidea by Shoshani et al. (1989), Abraczinskas (1993); to Elephantiformes by Shoshani and Tassy (1996); to Mammutoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997), Lambert and Shoshani (1998), Shoshani and Tassy (2005); to Mammutida by Shoshani et al. (2006); to Elephantoidea by Sanders and Miller (2002), Sanders et al. (2010); to Elephantimorpha by von Koenigswald et al. (2023); and to Proboscidea by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Miller (1987), Pickford (2003), Zhang et al. (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1922 | Mammutidae Hay |
| 1945 | Mammutidae Simpson |
| 1973 | Mammutidae Maglio |
| 1980 | Mammutidae Kurten and Anderson p. 343 |
| 1987 | Mammutidae Miller p. 171 |
| 1988 | Mammutidae Carroll |
| 1989 | Mammutidae Shoshani et al. p. 436 |
| 1993 | Mammutidae Abraczinskas p. 345 |
| 1996 | Mammutidae Shoshani and Tassy p. 352 |
| 1997 | Mammutidae McKenna and Bell p. 499 |
| 1998 | Mammutidae Lambert and Shoshani p. 608 |
| 2002 | Mammutidae Sanders and Miller p. 397 |
| 2003 | Mammutidae Pickford p. 209 |
| 2005 | Mammutidae Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2 |
| 2006 | Mammutidae Shoshani et al. p. 17300 |
| 2010 | Mammutidae Sanders et al. p. 185 |
| 2023 | Mammutidae Zhang et al. p. 144 |
| 2023 | Mammutidae von Koenigswald et al. p. 8 |
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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. †Mammutidae Hay 1922 [mastodon]
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G. †Eozygodon Tassy and Pickford 1983
G. †Losodokodon Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009
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†Losodokodon losodokius Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009
G. †Mammut Blumenbach 1799 [mastodon]
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†Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 [American mastodon]
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†Mastodon americanus alaskensis Frick 1933
Invalid names: Elephas americanus De Kay 1842 [synonym], Mammut ohioticum Blumenbach 1797 [synonym], Mammut progenium Hay 1914 [synonym], Mastodon giganteum Cuvier 1817 [synonym], Pliomastodon adamsi Hibbard 1944 [synonym], Tapirus mastodontoides Harlan 1825 [synonym], Tetracaulodon mastodontoideum Godman 1830 [synonym]
†Mammut borsoni Hays 1834
†Mammut cosoensis Schultz 1937
†Mammut floridanum Leidy 1886
†Mammut furlongi Shotwell and Russell 1963
†Mammut matthewi Osborn 1921
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Invalid names: Mammut nevadanus [synonym], Pliomastodon sellardsi Simpson 1930 [synonym], Pliomastodon vexillarius Matthew 1930 [synonym]
†Mammut pacificus Dooley et al. 2019
Invalid names: Leviathan Koch 1841 [synonym], Mastodon Cuvier 1817 [synonym], Missourium Koch 1840 [synonym], Pliomastodon Osborn 1926 [synonym], Tetracaulodon Godman 1830 [synonym]
G. †Zygolophodon Vacek 1877
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†Zygolophodon aegyptensis Sanders and Miller 2002
†Zygolophodon morotoensis Pickford and Tassy 1980
†Zygolophodon proavus Cope 1873
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Invalid names: Mastodon brevidens Cope 1889 [synonym], Mastodon merriami Osborn 1921 [synonym]
†Zygolophodon tapiroides Cuvier 1824
†Zygolophodon turicensis Schintz 1824
Invalid names: Miomastodon Osborn 1922 [synonym], Turicius Osborn 1926 [synonym]
Invalid names: Eozygodontinae McKenna and Bell 1997 [empty], Mammutinae Hay 1922 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available