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Elephantimorpha
Taxonomy
Elephantimorpha was named by Tassy and Shoshani (1997). It is extant. Its type is Elephantidae.
It was assigned to Elephantiformes by Shoshani and Tassy (2005); to Proboscidea by Mothé et al. (2016); to Proboscidea by von Koenigswald et al. (2023); and to Elephantiformes by Shoshani et al. (2006), Larramendi and Ferretti (2026).
It was assigned to Elephantiformes by Shoshani and Tassy (2005); to Proboscidea by Mothé et al. (2016); to Proboscidea by von Koenigswald et al. (2023); and to Elephantiformes by Shoshani et al. (2006), Larramendi and Ferretti (2026).
Subtaxa
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2007-04-05; modified by T. Grasso on 2026-03-11
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1997 | Elephantimorpha Tassy and Shoshani |
| 2005 | Elephantimorpha Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2 |
| 2006 | Elephantimorpha Shoshani et al. p. 17300 |
| 2016 | Elephantimorpha Mothé et al. |
| 2023 | Elephantimorpha von Koenigswald et al. p. 8 |
| 2026 | Elephantimorpha Larramendi and Ferretti p. 15 |
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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.
Unr. Elephantimorpha Tassy and Shoshani 1997
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Unr. Elephantida Tassy and Shoshani 1997
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Superfm. Elephantoidea Gray 1821
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Fm. Elephantidae Gray 1821 [elephant]
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Subfm. Elephantinae Gray 1821
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Tr. Elephantini Gray 1821
Tr. Loxodontini Osborn 1918
G. †Primelephas Maglio 1970
G. †Emmenodon Cope 1889
G. †Palaeoloxodon Matsumoto 1924
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†Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) cephallonicus Theodorou et al. 2018
†Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) tokunagai Matsumoto 1924
†Palaeoloxodon antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847
†Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi Kuss 1965
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Invalid names: Elephas chaniensis Symeonidis et al. 2000 [synonym]
†Palaeoloxodon cypriotes Bate 1903
†Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi van der Geer et al. 2014
†Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis Adamas 1874
†Palaeoloxodon namadicus Falconer 1846
†Palaeoloxodon naumanni Makiyama 1924
†Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915
†Palaeoloxodon tiliensis Theodorou et al. 2007
†Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus Dubrovo 1955
†Palaeoloxodon xylophagou Athanassiou 2015
G. †Stegodon Falconer 1857
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†Stegodon bombifrons Falconer 1847
†Stegodon elephantoides Clift 1829
†Stegodon florensis Hooijer 1957
†Stegodon ganesa Falconer and Cautley 1875
†Stegodon hypsilophus Hooijer 1954
†Stegodon kaisensis Hopwood 1939
†Stegodon luzonensis von Koenigswald 1956
†Stegodon mediterraneus Hooijer 1960
†Stegodon miensis Matsumoto 1941
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Invalid names: Stegodon shinshuensis Sawamura et al. 1979 [synonym]
†Stegodon mindanensis Naumann 1890
†Stegodon namadicus Biswas and Dassarma 1981
†Stegodon preorientalis Young 1938
†Stegodon rathiansis Sawar et al. 1985
†Stegodon sompoensis Hooijer 1964
†Stegodon sondaari van den Bergh 1999
†Stegodon sumbaensis Sartono 1979
†Stegodon syrticus Petrocchi 1943
†Stegodon yuanmouensis You et al. 1978
†Stegodon zdanskyi Hopwood 1935
†Stegodon zhaotongensis Chow and Zhai 1962
G. †Stegotetrabelodon Petrocchi 1941
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†Stegotetrabelodon lybicus Petrocchi 1943
†Stegotetrabelodon orbus Maglio 1970
†Stegotetrabelodon syrticus Petrocchi 1941
Invalid names: Stegodontinae Osborn 1918 [empty], Stegotetrabelodontinae Aguirre 1969 [empty], Suina Gray 1825 [empty]
Fm. †Stegodontidae Osborn 1918
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G. †Stegolophodon Pohlig 1888
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†Stegolophodon cautleyi Lydekker 1886
†Stegolophodon iravaticus Sein 2020
†Stegolophodon primitium Liu 1973
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Invalid names: Stegolophodon banguoensis Tang et al. 1974 [synonym], Stegotetrabelodon gomphotheroides Ji and Zhang 1997 [synonym], Stegotetrabelodon jiangyiensis Ji and Zhang 1997 [synonym]
†Stegolophodon pseudolatidens Yabe 1950
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Invalid names: Stegolophodon miyokoae Hatai 1959 [synonym]
†Stegolophodon sahabianus Petrocchi 1943
†Stegolophodon stegodontoides Pilgrim 1913
Fm. Tetralophodontidae Larramendi and Ferretti 2026
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G. †Paratetralophodon Tassy 1983
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†Paratetralophodon exoletus Hopwood 1935
†Paratetralophodon hasnotensis Osborn 1929
Invalid names: Loxodontinae Osborn 1921 [empty], Mammontinae Osborn 1921 [empty], Mammutoidea [empty]
Invalid names: Gomphotherioidea Hay 1922 [empty]
G. †Eritreaum Shoshani et al. 2006
Fm. †Mammutidae Hay 1922 [mastodon]
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G. †Eozygodon Tassy and Pickford 1983
G. †Mammut Blumenbach 1799 [mastodon]
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†Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 [American mastodon]
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†Mastodon americanus alaskensis Frick 1933
Invalid names: Elephas americanus De Kay 1842 [synonym], Mammut ohioticum Blumenbach 1797 [synonym], Mammut progenium Hay 1914 [synonym], Mastodon giganteum Cuvier 1817 [synonym], Pliomastodon adamsi Hibbard 1944 [synonym], Tapirus mastodontoides Harlan 1825 [synonym], Tetracaulodon mastodontoideum Godman 1830 [synonym]
†Mammut borsoni Hays 1834
†Mammut cosoensis Schultz 1937
†Mammut floridanum Leidy 1886
†Mammut furlongi Shotwell and Russell 1963
†Mammut matthewi Osborn 1921
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Invalid names: Mammut nevadanus [synonym], Pliomastodon sellardsi Simpson 1930 [synonym], Pliomastodon vexillarius Matthew 1930 [synonym]
†Mammut obliquelophus Mucha 1980
†Mammut pacificus Dooley et al. 2019
†Mammut praetypicum Schlesinger 1919
Invalid names: Leviathan Koch 1841 [synonym], Mastodon Cuvier 1817 [synonym], Missourium Koch 1840 [synonym], Pliomastodon Osborn 1926 [synonym], Tetracaulodon Godman 1830 [synonym]
G. †Zygolophodon Vacek 1877
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Subg. †Zygolophodon (Turicius) Chow and Chang 1961
†Zygolophodon aegyptensis Sanders and Miller 2002
†Zygolophodon atavus Borissiak 1936
†Zygolophodon chinjiensis Chow and Chang 1978
†Zygolophodon gobiensis Osborn and Granger 1932
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Invalid names: Miomastodon tongxiensis Chen 1978 [synonym]
†Zygolophodon lufengensis Zhang 1982
†Zygolophodon metachinjiensis Osborn 1929
†Zygolophodon morotoensis Pickford and Tassy 1980
†Zygolophodon proavus Cope 1873
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Invalid names: Mastodon brevidens Cope 1889 [synonym], Mastodon merriami Osborn 1921 [synonym], Tetrabelodon brevidens Cope 1889 [synonym]
†Zygolophodon tapiroides Cuvier 1824
†Zygolophodon turicensis Schintz 1824
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Invalid names: Gomphotherium xiaolongtanensis Chow and Chang 1974 [synonym], Zygolophodon gromovae Dubrovo 1974 [synonym], Zygolophodon jiningensis Chow and Chang 1974 [synonym], Zygolophodon nemonguensis Chow and Chang 1961 [synonym]
Invalid names: Miomastodon Osborn 1922 [synonym], Turicius Osborn 1926 [synonym]
Invalid names: Eozygodontinae McKenna and Bell 1997 [empty], Mammutinae Hay 1922 [empty]
Invalid names: Mammutida Tassy and Shoshani 1997 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available