Alternative spellings: Proboscidia, Proboscidiae
Full reference: C. Illiger. 1811. Prodromus Systematis Mammalium et Avium
Parent taxon: Tethytheria according to E. R. Seiffert 2007
See also Abraczinskas 1993, Andrews 1906, Asher and Helgen 2010, Carroll 1988, Cope 1889, Delmer et al. 2006, Flower 1883, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gadow 1898, Gheerbrandt et al. 2005, Gheerbrant 2009, Gray 1821, Gregory 1910, Hay 1902, Hulbert and Whitmore 2006, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Leidy 1873, Madsen et al. 2001, McKenna 1975, McKenna and Bell 1997, Nowak 1991, O'Leary et al. 2006, Owen 1848, Rasmussen et al. 1990, Sanders 2007, Shoshani et al. 1989, Shoshani and Tassy 2005, Shoshani et al. 2006, Simpson 1945, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Waddell et al. 2001, Waddell et al. 1999 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Behemota, Embrithopoda, Sirenia
Subtaxa: Arcanotherium Barytherioidea Caenobasileus Caenobasileus tremontigerus Choerolophodontidae Cryptomastodon Deinotherioidea Deinotherioidea Dinotherioidea Elephantiformes Elephantimorpha Eritherium Euelephantoidea Gomphotheriidae Hemimastodontidae Mastodontidae Mastodontoidea Moeritherioidea Neodesmostylus Phiomia Plesielephantiformes Saloumia
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser