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Deinotherium bozasi

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae

Taxonomy
Deinotherium bozasi was named by Arambourg (1934).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. laevius

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg
1996Deinotherium bozasi Shoshani and Tassy p. 355 figs. Appendix C.1
2010Deinotherium bozasi Sanders et al. p. 180

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
superfamilyDeinotherioidea
familyDeinotheriidae()
subfamilyDeinotheriinaeBonaparte 1845
genusDeinotheriumKaup 1829
speciesbozasiArambourg 1934

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.

†Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:32:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:32:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Calabrian or 11.63000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (72 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Kenya Deinotherium bozasi (219711)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Kenya Deinotherium bozasi (22241)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Deinotherium bozasi (22242)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58Kenya Deinotherium bozasi (22237)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya Deinotherium bozasi (232486)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Senegal Deinotherium bozasi (221108)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Deinotherium bozasi (22135)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Deinotherium bozasi (22174)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Deinotherium bozasi (22234 22277 22278 22338)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) Deinotherium bozasi (21336)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania Deinotherium bozasi (22478)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ethiopia (Afar) Deinotherium bozasi (70907)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kenya Deinotherium bozasi (22321)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Deinotherium bozasi (32050)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Uganda Deinotherium bozasi (22250 22262)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Kenya Deinotherium bozasi (22235 22239)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kenya Deinotherium bozasi (22267)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Deinotherium bozasi (22323)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Tanzania Deinotherium bozasi (21798 21801 21810 21831)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya Deinotherium bozasi (21408 21424 21481 21482)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia Deinotherium bozasi (21758 21762 21767 21769 21783 21785)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya (Rift Valley) Deinotherium bozasi (21307)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Ethiopia (Afar) Deinotherium bozasi (224657)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) Deinotherium bozasi (21344)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya Deinotherium bozasi (21376 21398 21410 21420 21460 21461 21478 21488 21503 21539)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) Deinotherium bozasi (21280 21282 21301 21345 21353 21356)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia (Afar) Deinotherium bozasi (224655)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Tanzania Deinotherium bozasi (21804 22594 22595)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Deinotherium bozasi (22492)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya Deinotherium bozasi (21367 21370 21458 21462 21464 21498)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Kenya Deinotherium bozasi (22268 22269 22270)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Deinotherium bozasi (21294 21306)