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Gnathabelodon thorpei

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Gnathabelodon thorpei was named by Barbour and Sternberg (1935) [genotype]. Its type locality is Robert Arnold Ranch, which is in a Clarendonian coarse channel fill gravel in Kansas. It is the type species of Gnathabelodon.

It was recombined as Gomphotherium thorpei by Tobien (1973).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Gnathabelodon thorpei Barbour and Sternberg
1973Gomphotherium thorpei Tobien
1996Gnathabelodon thorpei Shoshani and Tassy
1998Gnathabelodon thorpei Lambert and Shoshani
2016Gnathabelodon thorpei Mothé 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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
genusGnathabelodon
speciesthorpei

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.

†Gnathabelodon thorpei Barbour and Sternberg 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available