Deinotherium giganteum Kaup 1829 (deinothere)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Deinotherium gigantium, Dinotherium giganteum

Synonyms: Deinotherium gigantissimum Stef?nescu 1892, Deinotherium laevius Jourdan 1868, Deinotherium levius Jourdan 1868, Deinotherium thraciensis Nikolov 1966, Dinotherium gigantissimum Stef?nescu 1892, Dinotherium levius Jourdan 1868, Dinotherium thraciense Nikolov 1966, Dinotherium thraciensis Nikolov 1966

Full reference: J. Kaup. 1829. Deinotherium giganteum. Eine Gattung der Vorwelt aus der Ordnung der Pachydermen, aufgestellt und beschrieben. Isis von Oken 22(4):401-404

Belongs to Deinotherium according to N. Poulakakis et al. 2005

See also Aiglstorfer et al. 2014, Athanassiou 2004, Belyaeva 1948, Bergounioux and Crouzel 1961, Cope 1889, Geraads et al. 2005, Ginsburg et al. 1979, Kaup 1832, Kovachev and Nikolov 2006, Markov 2008, Scott 1873, Shoshani and Tassy 1996, Shoshani and Tassy 2005 and Tsoukala and Melentis 1994

Sister taxa: Deinotherium bozasi, Deinotherium hobleyi, Deinotherium indicum, Deinotherium proavum, Deinotherium sindiense, Dinotherium indicum, Dinotherium konigii, Dinotherium pentapotamiae

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Ukraine (6 collections)

• Turolian of Bulgaria (3), Greece (1)

• Miocene of Austria (7), Bulgaria (3), France (3), Georgia (3), Germany (1), Greece (3), Hungary (1), Kazakhstan (1), Moldova (3), Romania (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (3), Türkiye (3), Ukraine (5)

Total: 48 collections each including a single occurrence

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