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Afrochoerodon kisumuensis

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae

Taxonomy
Choerolophodon kisumuensis was named by MacInnes (1942). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Afrochoerodon kisumuensis by Pickford (2001), Sanders and Miller (2002), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Sanders et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Choerolophodon kisumuensis MacInnes
1981Choerolophodon kisumensis Andrews et al.
2001Afrochoerodon kisumuensis Pickford
2002Afrochoerodon kisumuensis Sanders and Miller p. 395
2005Afrochoerodon kisumuensis Shoshani and Tassy p. 7
2010Afrochoerodon kisumuensis Sanders et al. p. 203

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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()
familyChoerolophodontidae(Gaziry 1976)
genusAfrochoerodonPicford 2001
specieskisumuensis(Picford 2001)

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.

Afrochoerodon kisumuensis Picford 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available