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Stegodon ganesa

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Elephas (Stegodon) ganesa was named by Falconer and Cautley (1875). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Stegodon ganesa by Lydekker (1880).

Entered
by B. Allen on 2023-12-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Elephas (Stegodon) ganesa Falconer and Cautley
1880Stegodon ganesa Lydekker

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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
speciesganesa(Falconer and Cautley 1875)

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 ganesa Falconer and Cautley 1875
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available