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Choerolophodon
Taxonomy
Choerolophodon was named by Schlesinger (1917). It is the type genus of Choerolophodontinae.
It was assigned to Elephantiformes by Shoshani and Tassy (1996); to Proboscidea by Theodorou et al. (2003); to Gomphotheriidae by Carroll (1988), Geraads et al. (2005); to Choerolophodontinae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Tsoukala et al. (2007), Sanders et al. (2010); and to Choerolophodontidae by Mothé et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Elephantiformes by Shoshani and Tassy (1996); to Proboscidea by Theodorou et al. (2003); to Gomphotheriidae by Carroll (1988), Geraads et al. (2005); to Choerolophodontinae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Tsoukala et al. (2007), Sanders et al. (2010); and to Choerolophodontidae by Mothé et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1917 | Choerolophodon Schlesinger |
| 1988 | Choerolophodon Carroll |
| 1996 | Choerolophodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 352 |
| 1997 | Choerolophodon McKenna and Bell p. 500 |
| 2003 | Choerolophodon Theodorou et al. |
| 2005 | Choerolophodon Geraads et al. p. 528 |
| 2005 | Choerolophodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2 |
| 2007 | Choerolophodon Tsoukala et al. |
| 2010 | Choerolophodon Sanders et al. p. 205 |
| 2016 | Choerolophodon Mothé et al. |
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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. †Choerolophodon Schlesinger 1917
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†Choerolophodon anatolicus Ozansoy 1965
†Choerolophodon chioticus Tobien 1980
†Choerolophodon corrugatus Pilgrim 1913
†Choerolophodon pentelici Gaudry and Lartet 1856
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Invalid names: Synconolophus serridentinoides Viret and Yalçinlar 1952 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available