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Deinotheriidae (deinothere)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Deinotheriidae Bonaparte
1850Dinotheriidae Bonaparte p. 1
1850Dinotheriina Bonaparte p. 1
1880Dinotheriidae Lydekker
1889Dinotheriidae Cope p. 876
1891Dinotheriidae Flower and Lydekker p. 90
1916Dinotheriidae Stefani p. 11
1919Dinotheriidae Abel p. 829
1984Deinotheriidae Mahboubi et al. p. 543
1988Deinotheriidae Carroll
1996Deinotheriidae Shoshani and Tassy p. 352
1997Deinotheriidae McKenna and Bell p. 498
2001Deinotheriidae Sach and Heizmann p. 40
2002Deinotheriidae Huttunen and Göhlich p. 490
2003Deinotheriidae Koufos et al.
2003Deinotheriidae Pickford p. 208
2005Deinotheriidae Geraads et al. p. 536
2005Deinotheriidae Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2
2007Deinotheriidae Christiansen p. 428
2010Deinotheriidae Sanders et al. p. 174
2014Deinotheriidae Aiglstorfer et al.
2020Deinotheriidae Alba et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyDeinotheriidaeBonaparte 1845
familyDeinotheriidaeBonaparte 1845

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.

Fm. †Deinotheriidae Bonaparte 1845 [deinothere]
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Subfm. †Chilgatheriinae Sanders et al. 2004
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G. †Chilgatherium Sanders et al. 2004
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Chilgatherium harrisi Sanders et al. 2004
G. †Dinotherium Kaup 1825
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Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
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Invalid names: Deinotherium gigantissimum Stef?nescu 1892 [synonym], Deinotherium levius Jourdan 1868 [synonym]
Deinotherium hobleyi Andrews 1911
Deinotherium indicum Falconer 1845
Deinotherium proavum Eichwald 1835
Dinotherium indicum Falconer 1845
Dinotherium konigii Kaup 1825
Dinotherium pentapotamiae Falconer and Lydekker 1876
Dinotherium sindiense Lydekker 1880
Invalid names: Antoletherium Falconer [synonym]
G. †Prodeinotherium Ehik 1930
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Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831
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Invalid names: Dinotherium secundarium Lartet 1836 [synonym], Prodeinotherium cuvieri Kaup 1832 [synonym], Prodeinotherium hungaricum Ehik 1930 [synonym]
Prodeinotherium hobleyi Andrews 1911
Prodeinotherium orlovii Sahni and Tripathi 1957
Prodeinotherium pentapotamiae Falconer and Lydekker 1876
Invalid names: Deinotheriinae Bonaparte 1845 [empty], Dinotheriina Bonaparte 1850 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:32:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:32:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Calabrian or 28.10000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (244 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kenya (Turkana) Prodeinotherium sp. (174662)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Ethiopia Deinotheriidae indet. (71941)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Kenya (Rift Valley) Prodeinotherium sp. (174664)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan (Baluchistan) Deinotherium sp. (180599 180609)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Greece (North Aegean) Prodeinotherium bavaricum (195540)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany Deinotherium bavaricum (70362)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kenya Dinotherium hobleyi (146600) Prodeinotherium hobleyi (70808)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Himachal Pradesh) Prodeinotherium orlovii (214538)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Uganda Prodeinotherium indet. (28293)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Namibia Deinotherium hobleyi (195404) Prodeinotherium hobleyi (70421) Prodeinotherium hobleyi, Deinotherium hobleyi (70420)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Deinotherium bozasi (21804 22594 22595)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Deinotherium bozasi (21376 21398 21410 21420 21460 21461 21478 21488 21503 21539)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia (Afar) Deinotherium bozasi (224655)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Deinotheriidae indet. (21626 21627 21654)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Deinotherium bozasi (21280 21282 21301 21345 21353 21356)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.781Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Deinotherium bozasi (22492)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.781Tanzania Deinotheriidae indet. (21973 22624)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.781Kenya Deinotherium bozasi (21367 21370 21458 21462 21464 21498)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Deinotherium bozasi (22268 22269 22270)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Kenya (Rift Valley) Deinotherium bozasi (21294 21306)