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Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus was named by Dubrovo (1955). Its type specimen is ZIN 27052 (partial skeleton) and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. huaihoensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus Dubrovo

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
superfamilyElephantoidea
familyElephantidae
genusPalaeoloxodonMatsumoto 1924
speciesturkmenicusDubrovo 1955

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.

†Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus Dubrovo 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available