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Gomphotherium metachinjiensis

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Serridentinus metachinjiensis was named by Osborn (1929). Its type specimen is AMNH 19414, a mandible (right hemimandible with m2 and m3), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Gomphotherium metachinjiensis by Tobien (1972); it was recombined as Zygolophodon metachinjiensis by Duangkrayom et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Serridentinus metachinjiensis Osborn pp. 4 - 5 figs. 4, 5, 5A, A1
1972Gomphotherium metachinjiensis Tobien
2017Zygolophodon metachinjiensis Duangkrayom et al. pp. 188 - 189

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
genusGomphotheriumBurmeister 1837
speciesmetachinjiensis(Osborn 1929)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available