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Selenolophodon spectabilis

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Trilophodon spectabilis was named by Hopwood (1935). It is the type species of Selenolophodon.

It was recombined as Selenolophodon spectabilis by Chang and Zhai (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Trilophodon spectabilis Hopwood
1978Selenolophodon spectabilis Chang and Zhai p. 137 figs. Pl. 18, 19:1–2

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
genusSelenolophodon
speciesspectabilis(Hopwood 1935)

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.

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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: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:21:50
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:21:50
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002
Collections
No collection or age range data are available