Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Deinotherium bavaricum, Dinotherium bavaricum
Synonyms: Deinotherium cuvieri Kaup 1832, Dinotherium cuvieri Kaup 1832, Dinotherium secundarium Lartet 1836, Prodeinotherium cuvieri Kaup 1832, Prodeinotherium hungaricum Ehik 1930, Prodinotherium hungaricum Ehik 1930
Belongs to Prodeinotherium according to K. Huttunen and U. B. Göhlich 2002
See also Aiglstorfer et al. 2014, Bergounioux and Crouzel 1961, Huttunen 2001, Kaup 1832, Sach and Heizmann 2001 and Shoshani and Tassy 1996
Sister taxa: Prodeinotherium hobleyi, Prodeinotherium orlovii, Prodeinotherium pentapotamiae
Type specimens:
- Prodeinotherium bavaricum: BSP AS I 220, a tooth (lower p3 dext.)
- Dinotherium secundarium:
- Prodeinotherium cuvieri:
- Prodeinotherium hungaricum:
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), France (10), Germany (7), Greece (2), Kenya (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (1)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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