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Moeritherioidea
Taxonomy
Moeritherioidea was named by Osborn (1921).
It was reranked as the suborder Moeritherioidea by Simpson (1945).
It was assigned to Proboscidea by Carroll (1988); and to Proboscidea by Osborn (1921), Osborn (1936), Simpson (1945), McKenna (1975), Sanders et al. (2010).
It was reranked as the suborder Moeritherioidea by Simpson (1945).
It was assigned to Proboscidea by Carroll (1988); and to Proboscidea by Osborn (1921), Osborn (1936), Simpson (1945), McKenna (1975), Sanders et al. (2010).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
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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.
Superfm. †Moeritherioidea Osborn 1921
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Fm. †Moeritheriidae Andrews 1906
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G. †Moeritherium Andrews 1901
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†Moeritherium chehbeurameuri Delmer et al. 2006
†Moeritherium gracile Andrews 1902
†Moeritherium lyonsi Andrews 1901
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Invalid names: Moeritherium ancestrale Petronievics 1923 [synonym]
†Moeritherium trigonodon Andrews 1904
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Invalid names: Moeritherium andrewsi Schlosser 1911 [synonym]
Invalid names: Moeritherium latidens Deraniyagala 1955 [nomen dubium], Moeritherium pharaonensis Deraniyagala 1955 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available