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Mammuthus (mammoth)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy

Mammuthus was named by Brookes (1828) [also attributed to Burnett 1830 by Aguirre 1969].

It was assigned to Elephantina by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Elephantidae by Brookes (1828), Hibbard (1955), Wilson (1967), Puckette and Scholtz (1974), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Carroll (1988), Kalb and Frohelich (1995), Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi (1995), Lambert and Shoshani (1998), Barriel et al. (1999) and Christiansen (2007); to Elephantinae by Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Rogaev et al. (2006) and Sanders (2007); and to Elephantini by Shoshani and Tassy (2005) and Rohland et al. (2010).

Species

Archidiskodon celebensis, Archidiskodon haroldcooki, Archidiskodon weifangensis, M. chosaricus, M. columbi (syn. Elephas jacksoni, Elephas roosevelti, Elephas eellsi, Elephas maibeni, Elephas washingtonii, M. imperator, Archidiskodon sonoriensis, Parelephas progressus, Elephas jeffersonii, Elephas floridanus), M. creticus, M. exilis, M. hayi (syn. Elephas scotti, Elephas haroldcooki), M. lamarmorae, M. meridionalis (syn. Archidiskodon nebrascensis, Archidiskodon scotti), M. primigenius (syn. Elephas boreus), M. trogontherii

Species lacking formal opinion data

M. armeniacus, M. gromovi, M. paramammonteus, M. planifrons, M. weifangensis

Synonyms

Archidiskodon was named by Pohling (1888). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Euelephas by Osborn (1918); it was reranked as Mammuthus (Archidiskodon) by Haury et al. (1953); it was synonymized subjectively with Mammuthus by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Shoshani and Tassy (1996) and Christiansen (2007).

It was assigned to Mammuthus by Haury et al. (1953); and to Elephantidae by Jin (1983).
Parelephas was named by Osborn (1924).

It was reranked as Mammuthus (Parelephas) by Haury et al. (1953); it was synonymized subjectively with Mammuthus by Aguirre (1969), Maglio (1973), Miller (1976), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Lister (1993), Webb and Dudley (1995), Shoshani and Tassy (1996) and Christiansen (2007).

It was assigned to Mammuthus by Haury et al. (1953).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1828	Mammuthus Brookes
1888	Archidiskodon Pohlig
1888	Archidiskodon Pohling
1924	Parelephas Osborn
1953	Mammuthus (Archidiskodon) Haury et al. p. 21
1953	Mammuthus (Parelephas) Haury et al. p. 21
1955	Mammuthus Hibbard p. 220
1967	Mammuthus Wilson p. 214
1974	Mammuthus Puckette and Scholtz p. 53
1980	Mammuthus Kurten and Anderson p. 350
1983	Archidiskodon Jin
1988	Mammuthus Carroll
1995	Mammuthus Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi p. 244
1995	Mammuthus Kalb and Frohelich p. 732
1996	Mammuthus Shoshani and Tassy p. 352
1997	Mammuthus McKenna and Bell p. 504
1998	Mammuthus Lambert and Shoshani p. 608
1999	Mammuthus Barriel et al.
2005	Mammuthus Shoshani and Tassy p. 10 figs. Table 2
2006	Mammuthus Rogaev et al.
2007	Mammuthus Christiansen p. 428
2007	Mammuthus Sanders p. 10
2010	Mammuthus Rohland et al. p. 6

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Afrotheria	Stanhope et al. 1998
—	Tethytheria
order	Proboscidea	()
suborder	Elephantiformes	Tassy 1988
superfamily	Elephantoidea
family	Elephantidae
subfamily	Elephantinae	Gray 1821
tribe	Elephantini	Gray 1821
genus	Mammuthus	Brookes 1828

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. †Mammuthus Brookes 1828 [mammoth]

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†Mammuthus chosaricus Dubrovo 1966

†Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 [Columbian mammoth]

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Invalid names: Elephas eellsi Hay 1926 [synonym], Elephas floridanus Osborn 1929 [synonym], Elephas jacksoni Mather 1838 [synonym], Elephas jeffersonii Osborn 1922 [synonym], Elephas maibeni Barbour 1925 [synonym], Elephas roosevelti Hay 1922 [synonym], Elephas washingtonii Osborn 1923 [synonym], Mammuthus imperator Leidy 1858 [synonym], Parelephas progressus Osborn 1942 [synonym]

†Mammuthus creticus Bate 1907

†Mammuthus exilis Maglio 1970 [pygmy mammoth]

†Mammuthus hayi Barbour 1915

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Invalid names: Elephas haroldcooki Hay 1928 [synonym], Elephas scotti Barbour 1925 [synonym]

†Mammuthus lamarmorae Major 1883

†Mammuthus meridionalis Nesti 1825

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Invalid names: Archidiskodon nebrascensis Osborn 1932 [synonym], Archidiskodon scotti Barbour 1925 [synonym]

†Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach 1799 [wooly mammoth]

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Invalid names: Elephas boreus Hay 1924 [synonym]

†Mammuthus trogontherii Pohlig 1885

Invalid names: Archidiskodon Pohling 1888 [synonym], Parelephas Osborn 1924 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available