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Deinotheriidae (deinothere)
Taxonomy
Dinotheriidae was named by Bonaparte (1845) [also said to be 1850]. It is not extant. Its type is Deinotherium. It is the type family of Deinotherioidea.
It was corrected as Deinotheriidae by Simpson (1945), Mahboubi et al. (1984), Carroll (1988), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997), Sach and Heizmann (2001), Huttunen and Göhlich (2002), Koufos et al. (2003), Pickford (2003), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Geraads et al. (2005), Christiansen (2007), Sanders et al. (2010), Aiglstorfer et al. (2014), Alba et al. (2020), Larramendi and Ferretti (2026).
It was assigned to Sirenia by Bonaparte (1845); to Deinotheria by Scott (1873); to Proboscidia by Lydekker (1880), Cope (1889); to Proboscidea by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Deinotherioidea by Simpson (1945); to Proboscidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Elephantiformes by Sach and Heizmann (2001); to Plesielephantiformes by Shoshani and Tassy (2005); to Proboscidea by Abel (1919), Huttunen and Göhlich (2002), Geraads et al. (2005); to Deinotherioidea by Carroll (1988), Koufos et al. (2003), Sanders et al. (2010); to Proboscidea by Cope (1889), Stefani (1916), Mahboubi et al. (1984), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Pickford (2003), Christiansen (2007), Aiglstorfer et al. (2014); to Deinotherioidea by Alba et al. (2020); and to Euproboscidea by Larramendi and Ferretti (2026).
It was corrected as Deinotheriidae by Simpson (1945), Mahboubi et al. (1984), Carroll (1988), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997), Sach and Heizmann (2001), Huttunen and Göhlich (2002), Koufos et al. (2003), Pickford (2003), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Geraads et al. (2005), Christiansen (2007), Sanders et al. (2010), Aiglstorfer et al. (2014), Alba et al. (2020), Larramendi and Ferretti (2026).
It was assigned to Sirenia by Bonaparte (1845); to Deinotheria by Scott (1873); to Proboscidia by Lydekker (1880), Cope (1889); to Proboscidea by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Deinotherioidea by Simpson (1945); to Proboscidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Elephantiformes by Sach and Heizmann (2001); to Plesielephantiformes by Shoshani and Tassy (2005); to Proboscidea by Abel (1919), Huttunen and Göhlich (2002), Geraads et al. (2005); to Deinotherioidea by Carroll (1988), Koufos et al. (2003), Sanders et al. (2010); to Proboscidea by Cope (1889), Stefani (1916), Mahboubi et al. (1984), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Pickford (2003), Christiansen (2007), Aiglstorfer et al. (2014); to Deinotherioidea by Alba et al. (2020); and to Euproboscidea by Larramendi and Ferretti (2026).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1845 | Dinotheriidae Bonaparte p. 1 |
| 1850 | Dinotheriina Bonaparte p. 1 |
| 1873 | Deinotherioidae Scott p. 44 |
| 1880 | Dinotheriidae Lydekker |
| 1889 | Dinotheriidae Cope p. 192 |
| 1891 | Dinotheriidae Flower and Lydekker p. 90 |
| 1916 | Dinotheriidae Stefani p. 11 |
| 1919 | Dinotheriidae Abel p. 829 |
| 1945 | Deinotheriidae Simpson |
| 1984 | Deinotheriidae Mahboubi et al. p. 543 |
| 1988 | Deinotheriidae Carroll |
| 1996 | Deinotheriidae Shoshani and Tassy p. 352 |
| 1997 | Deinotheriidae McKenna and Bell p. 498 |
| 2001 | Deinotheriidae Sach and Heizmann p. 40 |
| 2002 | Deinotheriidae Huttunen and Göhlich p. 490 |
| 2003 | Deinotheriidae Koufos et al. |
| 2003 | Deinotheriidae Pickford p. 208 |
| 2005 | Deinotheriidae Geraads et al. p. 536 |
| 2005 | Deinotheriidae Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2 |
| 2007 | Deinotheriidae Christiansen p. 428 |
| 2010 | Deinotheriidae Sanders et al. p. 174 |
| 2014 | Deinotheriidae Aiglstorfer et al. |
| 2020 | Deinotheriidae Alba et al. |
| 2026 | Deinotheriidae Larramendi and Ferretti p. 15 |
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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.
Fm. †Deinotheriidae Bonaparte 1845 [deinothere]
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Subfm. †Chilgatheriinae Sanders et al. 2004
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Subfm. †Deinotheriinae Bonaparte 1845
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G. †Deinotherium Kaup 1829
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†Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
†Deinotherium giganteum Kaup 1829
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Invalid names: Deinotherium gigantissimum Stef?nescu 1892 [synonym], Deinotherium levius Jourdan 1868 [synonym]
†Deinotherium hobleyi Andrews 1911
†Deinotherium indicum Falconer 1845
†Deinotherium proavum Eichwald 1835
†Deinotherium sindiense Lydekker 1880
†Dinotherium indicum Falconer 1845
†Dinotherium konigii Kaup 1825
†Dinotherium pentapotamiae Falconer and Lydekker 1876
Invalid names: Antoletherium Falconer [synonym]
G. †Prodeinotherium Ehik 1930
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†Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831
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Invalid names: Dinotherium secundarium Lartet 1836 [synonym], Prodeinotherium cuvieri Kaup 1832 [synonym], Prodeinotherium hungaricum Ehik 1930 [synonym]
†Prodeinotherium hobleyi Andrews 1911
†Prodeinotherium orlovii Sahni and Tripathi 1957
†Prodeinotherium pentapotamiae Falconer and Lydekker 1876
Invalid names: Dinotheriina Bonaparte 1850 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available