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Tetrabelodon angustidens

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Mastodon angustidens was named by Cuvier (1806).

It was synonymized subjectively with Mastodon andium by Ameghino (1889); it was recombined as Tetrabelodon angustidens by Cope (1889), Andrews (1903); it was synonymized subjectively with Mammut obscurum by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Trilophodon angustidens by Bergounioux et al. (1953).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1806Mastodon angustidens Cuvier
1860Mastodon angustidens Nordmann p. 288
1873Mastodon angustidens Leidy p. 234
1889Tetrabelodon angustidens Cope p. 195
1903Tetrabelodon angustidens Andrews p. 99
1953Trilophodon angustidens Bergounioux et al. p. 29

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
genusTetrabelodonBurmeister 1837
speciesangustidens(Cuvier 1806)

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.

†Tetrabelodon angustidens Cuvier 1806
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:16:35
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:16:35
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the Gelasian or 16.90000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Libya Mastodon angustidens (42130)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Serbia (Serbia) Mastodon angustidens (39718)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58Ukraine Mastodon angustidens (184130)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Portugal (Lisbon) Trilophodon angustidens (36619 36621 36624 36626 36628 36631 36632 36633)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Serbia (Serbia) Mastodon angustidens (39714)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya (Northern Frontier District) Mastodon angustidens (122454)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Spain (Valencia) Trilophodon angustidens (40031)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Spain (Catalonia) Trilophodon angustidens (176265)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Egypt Mastodon angustidens (53970)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Midi-Pyrénées) Mastodon angustidens (71873)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Malta Mastodon angustidens (81668)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Aquitaine Region) Trilophodon angustidens (31316 31326)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63France (Midi-Pyrenees) Trilophodon angustidens (32191)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Austria (Carinthia) Mastodon angustidens (34606)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Ukraine Mastodon angustidens (75069)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Serbia (Serbia) Mastodon angustidens (39717)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Switzerland (Zurich) Mastodon angustidens (198616)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Ukraine (Dnepropetrovsk) Mastodon angustidens (60263)
Sarmatian - Pannonian12.8 - 7.246Serbia (Serbia) Mastodon angustidens (39713)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Ukraine Mastodon angustidens (76299)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kazakhstan Mastodon angustidens (76289)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8United Kingdom (England) Mastodon angustidens (48093)