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Aphanobelodon
Taxonomy
Aphanobelodon was named by Wang et al. (2017). Its type is Aphanobelodon zhaoi.
It was assigned to Platybelodontinae by Wang et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Platybelodontinae by Wang et al. (2017).
Species
A. zhaoi (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2017 | Aphanobelodon Wang et al. p. 604 figs. Figs. 4-5 |
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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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S.-Q. Wang et al. 2017 | Upper permanent tusks always absent in every ontogenetic age and both sexes. Rostrum slender, elongated. Mandible extremely elongated and expanded in the distal part; lower tusks flattened as in Platybelodon, however with internal concentric lamination; Dp4, M1, and M2 bunodont and trilophodont; molars with incipient secondary trefoils, incipient pseudo-anancoidy, strong choerodonty and heavy cementodonty. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lambert and Shoshani 1998 | |||||