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Plesielephantiformes
Taxonomy
Plesielephantiformes was named by Shoshani (2001).
It was assigned to Proboscidea by Shoshani and Tassy (2005); and to Proboscidea by Sanders et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Proboscidea by Shoshani and Tassy (2005); and to Proboscidea by Sanders et al. (2010).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Plesielephantiformes Shoshani |
| 2005 | Plesielephantiformes Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2 |
| 2010 | Plesielephantiformes Sanders et al. p. 164 |
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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.
Unr. †Plesielephantiformes Shoshani 2001
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Fm. †Phosphatheriidae Gheerbrandt et al. 2005
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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: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | Mali | Numidotheriidae indet., Proboscidea indet. (209422) | |
| Ypresian | Mali (Gao) | Plesielephantiformes indet. (175262) | |
| Ypresian | Morocco | Phosphatherium escuilliei (71233) |