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Palaeoloxodon
Taxonomy
Palaeoloxodon was named by Matsumoto (1924).
It was reranked as Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) by Matsumoto (1929); it was synonymized subjectively with Elephas by Shoshani and Eisenberg (1982), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Christiansen (2007); it was reranked as Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) by Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi (1995), Palombo (2001), Palombo (2005).
It was assigned to Loxodonta by Matsumoto (1929); to Elephas by Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi (1995), Palombo (2001), Palombo (2005); to Elephantini by Shoshani and Tassy (2005); and to Elephantidae by Takahashi (2023).
It was reranked as Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) by Matsumoto (1929); it was synonymized subjectively with Elephas by Shoshani and Eisenberg (1982), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Christiansen (2007); it was reranked as Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) by Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi (1995), Palombo (2001), Palombo (2005).
It was assigned to Loxodonta by Matsumoto (1929); to Elephas by Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi (1995), Palombo (2001), Palombo (2005); to Elephantini by Shoshani and Tassy (2005); and to Elephantidae by Takahashi (2023).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1924 | Palaeoloxodon Matsumoto p. 257 |
| 1929 | Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) Matsumoto p. 1 |
| 1995 | Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi p. 244 |
| 2001 | Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) Palombo p. 487 |
| 2005 | Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) Palombo p. 107 |
| 2005 | Palaeoloxodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 10 figs. Table 2 |
| 2023 | Palaeoloxodon Takahashi p. 2079 |
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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 antiquus leonardii Aguirre 1969
†Elephas recki recki Dietrich 1915
†Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) tokunagai Matsumoto 1924
†Palaeoloxodon antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847
†Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi Kuss 1965
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Invalid names: Elephas chaniensis Symeonidis et al. 2000 [synonym]
†Palaeoloxodon cypriotes Bate 1903
†Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi van der Geer et al. 2014
†Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis Adamas 1874
†Palaeoloxodon namadicus Falconer 1846
†Palaeoloxodon naumanni Makiyama 1924
†Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915
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†Palaeoloxodon recki atavus Arambourg 1947
†Palaeoloxodon recki brumpti Beden 1980
†Palaeoloxodon recki ileretensis Beden 1987
†Palaeoloxodon tiliensis Theodorou et al. 2007
†Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus Dubrovo 1955
†Palaeoloxodon xylophagou Athanassiou 2015
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available