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Phosphatheriidae
Taxonomy
Phosphatheriidae was named by Gheerbrandt et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Proboscidea by Gheerbrandt et al. (2005); and to Plesielephantiformes by Sanders et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Proboscidea by Gheerbrandt et al. (2005); and to Plesielephantiformes by Sanders et al. (2010).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2005 | Phosphatheriidae Gheerbrandt et al. p. 244 |
| 2010 | Phosphatheriidae Sanders et al. p. 165 |
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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.
Fm. †Phosphatheriidae Gheerbrandt et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. Gheerbrandt et al. 2005 | Proboscidiens primitifs lophodontes vrais de petite taille. Formule dentaire primitive conservant C1, (d)P1 et probablement c1, diastème supérieur court, diastème inférieur absent. Crâne primitif avec fortes arcades zygomatiques dilatées latéralement et fosses nasales non reculées, mais orbites antérieures et bordées ventralement par le maxillaire. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||