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Mastodontidae (disused)
Taxonomy
Mastodonadae was named by Gray (1821). It is extant.
It was corrected as Mastodontidae by Osborn (1921), Bergounioux et al. (1953), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Eshelman et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Proboscidiae by Gray (1821); to Mastodontoidea by Osborn (1921), Bergounioux et al. (1953); and to Proboscidea by Thurmond and Jones (1981), Eshelman et al. (2018).
It was corrected as Mastodontidae by Osborn (1921), Bergounioux et al. (1953), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Eshelman et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Proboscidiae by Gray (1821); to Mastodontoidea by Osborn (1921), Bergounioux et al. (1953); and to Proboscidea by Thurmond and Jones (1981), Eshelman et al. (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1821 | Mastodonadae Gray p. 306 |
| 1921 | Mastodontidae Osborn p. 2 |
| 1953 | Mastodontidae Bergounioux et al. p. 24 |
| 1981 | Mastodontidae Thurmond and Jones p. 179 |
| 2018 | Mastodontidae Eshelman et al. p. 10 |
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Fm. Mastodontidae Gray 1821
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Villafranchian or 20.45000 to 1.80000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burdigalian | Kenya | Mastodontidae indet. (57007) | |
| Burdigalian | Spain (Toledo) | Mastodontidae indet. (40721) | |
| Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Mastodontidae indet. (28783) | |
| Serravallian | China (Nei Mongol) | Mastodontidae indet. (28782) | |
| Turolian | Spain (Murcia) | Mastodontidae indet. (40752) | |
| Blancan - Irvingtonian | USA (Texas) | Mastodontidae indet. (207453) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (Texas) | Mastodontidae indet. (207486) | |
| Villafranchian | Slovakia | Mastodontidae indet. (41030) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | Mastodontidae indet. (207539) | |
| Pleistocene | Brazil (Acre) | Mastodontidae indet. (65143) | |
| Pleistocene | Brazil (Pernambuco) | Mastodontidae indet. (230754) |