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Mammuthus trogontherii

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Elephas trogontherii was named by Pohlig (1885).

It was recombined as Mammuthus trogontherii by Palombo (2005), Athanassiou (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Elephas armeniacus Falconer
1885Elephas trogontherii Pohlig
1888Elephas trogontherii Pohlig
1975Mammuthus armeniacus Shikama et al.
2005Mammuthus trogontherii Palombo p. 107
2012Mammuthus trogontherii Athanassiou

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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()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
superfamilyElephantoidea
familyElephantidae
subfamilyElephantinaeGray 1821
tribeElephantiniGray 1821
genusMammuthusBrookes 1828
speciestrogontherii(Pohlig 1885)

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.

Mammuthus trogontherii Pohlig 1885
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Invalid names: Mammuthus armeniacus Falconer 1857 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:21:31
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:24:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden and Cerling 1996

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Türkiye Mammuthus trogontherii (39314)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774China (Hebei) Mammuthus trogontherii (197069)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Mammuthus trogontherii (36006 50000)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Czechia Mammuthus trogontherii (35907)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Germany (Thuringia) Mammuthus trogontherii (22728)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Georgia Mammuthus trogontherii (40398)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Germany (Weisbaden) Mammuthus trogontherii (34400)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Japan (Hokkaido) Mammuthus armeniacus (56377)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Germany (Bayern) Mammuthus trogontherii (48555)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Taiwan (N/A) Mammuthus armeniacus (208974)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Greece (Florina) Mammuthus trogontherii (182678)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Niedersachsen) Mammuthus trogontherii (50247)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Suffolk) Mammuthus trogontherii (49813 49814 49815)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Mammuthus trogontherii (49816)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Mammuthus trogontherii (36205 36207 50257)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Romania Mammuthus trogontherii (34010 40258 40259)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Turkmenistan Mammuthus trogontherii (40695)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czechia Mammuthus trogontherii (36214 36219)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Mammuthus trogontherii (49999 50056 50196 50198)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Russian Federation (West Siberia) Archidiskodon trogontherii (40485 40492 40493)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Kavala) Mammuthus trogontherii (204749)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Granada) Mammuthus trogontherii (34985)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Kozani) Mammuthus trogontherii (204751)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Taiwan (Tainan) Elephas trogontherii, Mammuthus armeniacus (76844)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Syria Mammuthus trogontherii (34105)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Kyrgyzstan Mammuthus trogontherii (34449)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Budapest) Archidiskodon trogontherii (35474)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Achaia) Mammuthus trogontherii (204561)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Verona) Elephas trogontherii (43657)
Middle Pleistocene - Quaternary0.774 - 0.0Israel Elephas trogontherii (13490)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117China Mammuthus trogontherii (223635)