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Palaeomastodon
Taxonomy
Palaeomastodon was named by Andrews (1901). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Gomphotheriinae by Simpson (1945); to Gomphotheriidae by Carroll (1988); to Elephantiformes by Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Christiansen (2007); and to Palaeomastodontidae by Andrews (1906), Abel (1919), Madden (1980), McKenna and Bell (1997), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Sanders et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Gomphotheriinae by Simpson (1945); to Gomphotheriidae by Carroll (1988); to Elephantiformes by Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Christiansen (2007); and to Palaeomastodontidae by Andrews (1906), Abel (1919), Madden (1980), McKenna and Bell (1997), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Sanders et al. (2010).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1901 | Palaeomastodon Andrews |
| 1906 | Palaeomastodon Andrews p. 130 |
| 1919 | Palaeomastodon Abel p. 826 |
| 1945 | Palaeomastodon Simpson |
| 1980 | Palaeomastodon Madden p. 58 |
| 1988 | Palaeomastodon Carroll |
| 1996 | Palaeomastodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 352 |
| 1997 | Palaeomastodon McKenna and Bell p. 498 |
| 2005 | Palaeomastodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2 |
| 2007 | Palaeomastodon Christiansen p. 427 |
| 2010 | Palaeomastodon Sanders et al. p. 182 |
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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. †Palaeomastodon Andrews 1901
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†Palaeomastodon barroisi Pontier 1907
†Palaeomastodon beadnelli Andrews 1901
†Palaeomastodon parvus Andrews 1905
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available