Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Alternative combinations: Elephas columbi, Elephas primigenius columbi, Elephas primigenius columbii, Euelephas columbi, Mammuthus (Parelephas) columbi, Parelephas columbi
Synonyms: Archidiskodon imperator Leidy 1858, Archidiskodon sonoriensis Osborn 1929, Elephas (Euelephas) imperator Leidy 1858, Elephas eellsi Hay 1926, Elephas floridanus Osborn 1929, Elephas jacksoni Mather 1838, Elephas jeffersonii Osborn 1922, Elephas maibeni Barbour 1925, Elephas roosevelti Hay 1922, Elephas washingtonii Osborn 1923, Euelephas imperator Leidy 1858, Mammuthus (Archidiskodon) imperator Leidy 1858, Mammuthus floridanus Osborn 1929, Mammuthus imperator Leidy 1858, Mammuthus jacksoni Mather 1838, Mammuthus jeffersoni Osborn 1922, Mammuthus jeffersonii Osborn 1922, Parelephas floridanus Osborn 1929, Parelephas jacksoni Mather 1838, Parelephas jeffersonii Osborn 1922, Parelephas progressus Osborn 1942, Parelephas roosevelti Hay 1922, Parelephas washingtonii Osborn 1923
Belongs to Mammuthus according to W. L. Puckette and J. A. Scholtz 1974
See also Agenbroad 2005, Alroy 2002, Barbour 1925, Christiansen 2007, Cope 1893, Cope 1889, Dalquest and Schultz 1992, Elftman 1931, Frick 1933, Haury et al. 1953, Hay 1902, Hibbard 1955, Hibbard 1955, Hibbard and Taylor 1960, Hulbert and Pratt 1998, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Larson 1999, Leidy 1858, Leidy 1873, Lister 1993, Lundelius 1972, Madden 1983, Madden 1986, Miller 1976, Osborn 1918, Osborn 1922, Osborn 1923, Osborn 1924, Osborn 1929, Pinsof 1998, Shoshani and Tassy 1996, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Van Devender et al. 1985, Webb and Dudley 1995 and Wilson 1967
Sister taxa: Mammuthus chosaricus, Mammuthus creticus, Mammuthus exilis, Mammuthus hayi, Mammuthus lamarmorae, Mammuthus meridionalis, Mammuthus primigenius, Mammuthus trogontherii, Archidiskodon weifangensis, Archidiskodon celebensis, Archidiskodon haroldcooki
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (10: Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan collections), El Salvador (1), Guatemala (4), Honduras (1), Mexico (9), Nicaragua (2), United States (123: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming)
• Blancan of El Salvador (1), Mexico (1)
Total: 152 collections including 155 occurrences
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