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Mastodon (Tetralophodon)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Mastodon (Tetralophodon) Leidy p. 28
1880Mastodon (Tetralophodon) Lydekker

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
—ElephantimorphaTassy and Shoshani 1997
familyMammutidaeHay 1922
genusMastodonBlumenbach 1799
subgenusTetralophodon

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.

Subg. †Mastodon (Tetralophodon) Leidy 1858
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†Mastodon (Tetralophodon) perimensis Falconer and Cautley 1875
†Mastodon (Tetralophodon) sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1875
Diagnosis
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