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Platybelodon
Taxonomy
Platybelodon was named by Borissiak (1928). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Wang et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Amebelodontina by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Gomphotheriidae by Borissiak (1928), Carroll (1988) and Lambert and Shoshani (1998); to Amebelodontinae by Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Sanders et al. (2010) and Wang et al. (2013); and to Platybelodontinae by Wang et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Amebelodontina by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Gomphotheriidae by Borissiak (1928), Carroll (1988) and Lambert and Shoshani (1998); to Amebelodontinae by Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Sanders et al. (2010) and Wang et al. (2013); and to Platybelodontinae by Wang et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1928 | Platybelodon Borissiak |
| 1988 | Platybelodon Carroll |
| 1996 | Platybelodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 352 |
| 1997 | Platybelodon McKenna and Bell p. 501 |
| 1998 | Platybelodon Lambert and Shoshani p. 615 |
| 2005 | Platybelodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2 |
| 2010 | Platybelodon Sanders et al. p. 203 |
| 2013 | Platybelodon Wang et al. |
| 2017 | Platybelodon Wang et al. p. 613 |
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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.
G. †Platybelodon Borissiak 1928
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†Platybelodon barnumbrowni Barbour 1931
†Platybelodon dangheesis Wang and Qiu 2002
†Platybelodon danovi Borissiak 1928
†Platybelodon grangeri Osborn 1929
†Platybelodon loomisi Barbour 1929
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Turolian or 20.44000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burdigalian | Kenya | P. sp. (38060) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Shaanxi) | Selenolophodon spectabilis (41811) | |
| Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Proboscidea indet. (28781) | |
| Serravallian | China (shaanxi) | P. grangeri (42851) Selenolophodon spectabilis (42752) | |
| Serravallian | China (Xinjiang) | P. sp. (42246) | |
| Serravallian | China (Ningxia) | P. tongxinensis, Gomphotherium tongxinensis, P. grangeri, P. sp., Miomastodon tongxinensis (42539) | |
| MN 6 | China (Gansu) | P. grangeri (71105) | |
| MN 6 | Russian Federation (Stavropol) | P. jamandzalgensis, P. danovi (56738) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | Torynobelodon barnumbrowni (18321) | |
| Vallesian | China (Shaanxi) | P. sp. (42269) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | Torynobelodon loomisi (18423) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Kansas) | Torynobelodon loomisi (18263) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Florida) | P. sp. (18601) | |
| Turolian | Tajikistan | P. sp. (34393) |