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Palaeoloxodon namadicus

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

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

Synonymy list
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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
genusPalaeoloxodon
speciesnamadicus

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 Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Sri Lanka (Sabaragamuva) Palaeoloxodon namadicus (14150)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India Palaeoloxodon namadicus (237975 237977)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (West Bengal) Palaeoloxodon namadicus (238025)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Uttar Pradesh) Palaeoloxodon namadicus (237974)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Indonesia Palaeoloxodon namadicus (92953)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Guangdong) Palaeoloxodon namadicus (120834)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117China (Anhui) Palaeoloxodon namadicus (36868)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Palaeoloxodon namadicus (13456)