Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Deinotherium bavaricum, Dinotherium bavaricum

Synonyms: Deinotherium cuvieri Kaup 1832, Dinotherium cuvieri Kaup 1832, Dinotherium secundarium Lartet 1836, Prodeinotherium cuvieri Kaup 1832, Prodeinotherium hungaricum Ehik 1930, Prodinotherium hungaricum Ehik 1930

Belongs to Prodeinotherium according to K. Huttunen and U. B. Göhlich 2002

See also Aiglstorfer et al. 2014, Bergounioux and Crouzel 1961, Cope 1889, Huttunen 2001, Kaup 1832, Sach and Heizmann 2001, Scott 1873 and Shoshani and Tassy 1996

Sister taxa: Prodeinotherium hobleyi, Prodeinotherium orlovii, Prodeinotherium pentapotamiae

Type specimens:

  • Prodeinotherium bavaricum: BSP AS I 220, a tooth (lower p3 dext.)
  • Dinotherium secundarium:
  • Prodeinotherium cuvieri:
  • Prodeinotherium hungaricum:

Distribution:

• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), France (10), Germany (7), Greece (2), Kenya (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (1)

Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence

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