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Stegotetrabelodon syrticus

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Stegotetrabelodon syrticus was named by Petrocchi (1941). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is As Sahabi, Sirtica, which is in a Messinian coastal horizon in the Sahabi Formation of Libya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Stegotetrabelodon syrticus Petrocchi p. 110 figs. Fig. 1D
1941Stegotetrabelodon syrticus Petrocchii
1943Stegotetrabelodon syrticus Petrocchi p. 69
1972Stegotetrabelodon syrticus Coppens p. 2963
1995Stegotetrabelodon syrticus Kalb and Frohelich p. 732 figs. Figure 2

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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()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
superfamilyElephantoidea
familyElephantidae
genusStegotetrabelodonPetrocchi 1941
speciessyrticus

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.

Stegotetrabelodon syrticus Petrocchi 1941
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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: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 20:09:03
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Messinian or 13.82000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Italy (Aulia) Stegotetrabelodon syrticus (215201)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy (Calabria) Stegotetrabelodon syrticus (215217)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Libya Stegotetrabelodon syrticus (type locality: 144638)