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Stegodon insignis

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Stegodon insignis was named by Falconer (1857). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Elephas insignis by Lydekker (1886), Cope (1889).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Stegodon insignis Falconer
1870Stegodon orientalis Owen
1880Stegodon insignis Lydekker
1886Elephas insignis Lydekker
1889Elephas insignis Cope p. 196
1903Stegodon insignis Schlosser

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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
—ElephantimorphaTassy and Shoshani 1997
—ElephantidaTassy and Shoshani 1997
superfamilyElephantoidea
familyElephantidae
genusStegodonFalconer 1857
speciesinsignisFalconer 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.

†Stegodon insignis Falconer 1857
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Invalid names: Stegodon orientalis Owen 1870 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available