Full reference: H. F. Osborn. 1936. Proboscidea: A Monograph of the Discovery, Evolution, Migration and Extinction of the Mastodonts and Elephants of the World. Volume I: Moeritherioidea, Deinotherioidea, Mastodontoidea. The Proboscidea 1 & 2:1–802
Parent taxon: Proboscidea according to G. G. Simpson 1945
Sister taxa: Arcanotherium, Barytherioidea, Caenobasileus, Caenobasileus tremontigerus, Choerolophodontidae, Cryptomastodon, Deinotherioidea, Dinotherioidea, Elephantiformes, Elephantimorpha, Eritherium, Euelephantoidea, Gomphotheriidae, Hemimastodontidae, Mastodontidae, Mastodontoidea, Moeritherioidea, Neodesmostylus, Phiomia, Plesielephantiformes, Saloumia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Deinotherioidea in the database