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Elephas kiangnanensis

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
E. (Palaeoloxodon) cephallonicus, E. beyeri, E. clifti (syn. Stegodon sinensis), E. ekorensis, E. falconeri, E. maximus (syn. E. asiaticus, E. gigas), E. melitensis, E. moghrebiensis, E. nawataensis, E. planifrons, E. priscus, Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) tokunagai, Mastodon elephantoides, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi (syn. E. chaniensis), Palaeoloxodon cypriotes, Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi, Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis, Palaeoloxodon naumanni, Palaeoloxodon recki, Palaeoloxodon tiliensis, Palaeoloxodon xylophagou
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
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
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
superfamilyElephantoidea
familyElephantidae
subfamilyElephantinaeGray 1821
tribeElephantiniGray 1821
genusElephas
specieskiangnanensis

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117China (Guangdong) Elephas kiangnanensis (13293)