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Deinotherioidea
Taxonomy
Deinotherioidea was named by Osborn (1936). Its type is Deinotheriidae.
It was reranked as the suborder Deinotherioidea by Simpson (1945); it was corrected as Deinotherioidea by McKenna (1975), Carroll (1988), Koufos et al. (2003), Sanders et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Proboscidea by Carroll (1988); and to Proboscidea by Osborn (1936), Simpson (1945), McKenna (1975), Koufos et al. (2003), Sanders et al. (2010), Alba et al. (2020).
It was reranked as the suborder Deinotherioidea by Simpson (1945); it was corrected as Deinotherioidea by McKenna (1975), Carroll (1988), Koufos et al. (2003), Sanders et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Proboscidea by Carroll (1988); and to Proboscidea by Osborn (1936), Simpson (1945), McKenna (1975), Koufos et al. (2003), Sanders et al. (2010), Alba et al. (2020).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1936 | Deinotherioidea Osborn p. 24 |
| 1945 | Deinotherioidea Simpson |
| 1975 | Deinotherioidea McKenna p. 43 |
| 1988 | Deinotherioidea Carroll |
| 2003 | Deinotherioidea Koufos et al. |
| 2010 | Deinotherioidea Sanders et al. p. 174 |
| 2020 | Deinotherioidea Alba et al. |
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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.
Superfm. †Deinotherioidea Osborn 1936
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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
†Dinotherium indicum Falconer 1845
†Dinotherium konigii Kaup 1825
†Dinotherium pentapotamiae Falconer and Lydekker 1876
†Dinotherium sindiense Lydekker 1880
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