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Palaeoloxodon tiliensis

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Elephas tiliensis was named by Theodorou et al. (2007). Its type specimen is AMPG.T, various numbers, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Charkadio Cave, Tilos, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in Greece.

It was recombined as Palaeoloxodon tiliensis by Athanassiou et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. namadicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Elephas tiliensis Theodorou et al. p. 21
2019Palaeoloxodon tiliensis Athanassiou et al.

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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
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
superfamilyElephantoidea
familyElephantidae
subfamilyElephantinaeGray 1821
tribeElephantiniGray 1821
genusPalaeoloxodon
speciestiliensis()

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.

†Palaeoloxodon tiliensis Theodorou et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available