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Mammuthus lamarmorae

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Elephas lamarmorae was named by Major (1883).

It was recombined as Mammuthus lamarmorae by Palombo (2001); it was misspelled as Mammuthus lamarmorai by Palombo et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Elephas lamarmorae Major
1903Elephas lamarmorae Bate
2001Mammuthus lamarmorae Palombo p. 488
2017Mammuthus lamarmorai Palombo et al.

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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()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
superfamilyElephantoidea
familyElephantidae
subfamilyElephantinaeGray 1821
tribeElephantiniGray 1821
genusMammuthusBrookes 1828
specieslamarmorae(Major 1883)

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.

Mammuthus lamarmorae Major 1883
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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: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:21:31
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:24:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Vallesian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Vallesian - Turolian11.63 - 5.09Italy (Foggia) Mammuthus lamarmorae (33295)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Mammuthus lamarmorae (94327)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Mammuthus lamarmorai (214535)