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Mammuthus meridionalis
Taxonomy
Elephas meridionalis was named by Nesti (1825) [European species often treated as senior synonym of M. hayi].
It was recombined as Euelephas meridionalis by Osborn (1918); it was recombined as Archidiskodon meridionalis by Osborn (1924); it was recombined as Archidiscodon meridionalis by Melentis (1966); it was recombined as Mammuthus meridionalis by Maglio (1973), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Jefferson and Remeika (1994), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Agenbroad (2005), Palombo (2005), Athanassiou and Kostopoulos (2010).
It was recombined as Euelephas meridionalis by Osborn (1918); it was recombined as Archidiskodon meridionalis by Osborn (1924); it was recombined as Archidiscodon meridionalis by Melentis (1966); it was recombined as Mammuthus meridionalis by Maglio (1973), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Jefferson and Remeika (1994), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Agenbroad (2005), Palombo (2005), Athanassiou and Kostopoulos (2010).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Elephas meridionalis Nesti |
| 1889 | Elephas meridionalis Cope p. 196 |
| 1918 | Euelephas meridionalis Osborn |
| 1922 | Elephas meridionalis Osborn p. 437 |
| 1924 | Archidiskodon meridionalis Osborn |
| 1925 | Archidiskodon scotti Barbour |
| 1932 | Archidiskodon nebrascensis Osborn |
| 1942 | Elephas meridionalis Osborn |
| 1966 | Archidiscodon meridionalis Melentis |
| 1973 | Mammuthus meridionalis Maglio |
| 1980 | Mammuthus meridionalis Kurten and Anderson p. 350 |
| 1994 | Mammuthus meridionalis Jefferson and Remeika |
| 1996 | Mammuthus meridionalis Shoshani and Tassy |
| 2005 | Mammuthus meridionalis Agenbroad p. 74 |
| 2005 | Mammuthus meridionalis Palombo p. 107 |
| 2010 | Mammuthus meridionalis Athanassiou and Kostopoulos |
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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.
†Mammuthus meridionalis Nesti 1825
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Invalid names: Archidiskodon nebrascensis Osborn 1932 [synonym], Archidiskodon scotti Barbour 1925 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available