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Elephas clifti

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Stegodon clifti was named by Falconer (1857). It is not extant. It is the type species of Emmenodon.

It was recombined as Elephas clifti by Lydekker (1886); it was recombined as Emmenodon cliftii by Cope (1889).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. indicus, E. primigenius, E. trogontherii

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Stegodon clifti Falconer
1870Stegodon sinensis Owen
1880Stegodon cliftii Lydekker
1886Elephas clifti Lydekker
1889Emmenodon cliftii Cope p. 194

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
superfamilyElephantoidea
familyElephantidae
subfamilyElephantinaeGray 1821
tribeElephantiniGray 1821
genusElephas
speciesclifti(Falconer 1857)

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.

†Elephas clifti Falconer 1857
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Invalid names: Stegodon sinensis Owen 1870 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available