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Palaeoloxodon

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Palaeoloxodon Matsumoto p. 257
1929Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) Matsumoto p. 1
1995Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi p. 244
2001Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) Palombo p. 487
2005Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) Palombo p. 107
2005Palaeoloxodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 10 figs. Table 2
2023Palaeoloxodon Takahashi p. 2079

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
superfamilyElephantoidea
familyElephantidae
genusPalaeoloxodonMatsumoto 1924

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.

G. †Palaeoloxodon Matsumoto 1924
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Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) cephallonicus Theodorou et al. 2018
Elephas recki recki Dietrich 1915
Palaeoloxodon antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847
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Invalid names: Elephas chaniensis Symeonidis et al. 2000 [synonym]
Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi van der Geer et al. 2014
Palaeoloxodon namadicus Falconer 1846
Palaeoloxodon naumanni Makiyama 1924
Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915
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Palaeoloxodon recki atavus Arambourg 1947
Palaeoloxodon tiliensis Theodorou et al. 2007
Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus Dubrovo 1955
Palaeoloxodon xylophagou Athanassiou 2015
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available