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Deinotheriinae

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae

Taxonomy
Deinotheriinae was named by Bonaparte (1845). Its type is Deinotherium.

It was assigned to Deinotheriidae by Sanders et al. (2010), Alba et al. (2020).

Subtaxa
Deinotherium (syn. Antoletherium) (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Deinotheriinae Bonaparte
2010Deinotheriinae Sanders et al. p. 176
2020Deinotheriinae Alba et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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()
superfamilyDeinotherioidea
familyDeinotheriidae()
subfamilyDeinotheriinaeBonaparte 1845
subfamilyDeinotheriinaeBonaparte 1845

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.

Subfm. †Deinotheriinae Bonaparte 1845
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G. †Deinotherium Kaup 1829
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†Deinotherium bozasi Arambourg 1934
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Invalid names: Deinotherium gigantissimum Stef?nescu 1892 [synonym], Deinotherium levius Jourdan 1868 [synonym]
†Deinotherium hobleyi Andrews 1911
†Deinotherium indicum Falconer 1845
†Deinotherium proavum Eichwald 1835
†Dinotherium indicum Falconer 1845
†Dinotherium konigii Kaup 1825
†Dinotherium pentapotamiae Falconer and Lydekker 1876
†Dinotherium sindiense Lydekker 1880
Invalid names: Antoletherium Falconer [synonym]
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: 2005-08-26 13:32:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:32:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the MN 3 to the top of the Calabrian or 20.00000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (175 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Pakistan (Baluchistan) Deinotherium sp. (180599 180609)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Namibia Deinotherium hobleyi (70420 195404)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Uganda Prodeinotherium indet. (28293)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Pakistan (Sindh) Dinotherium indicum (232626)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333France (Vaucluse) Dinotherium giganteum (201497)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Pakistan Dinotherium indicum (232625) Dinotherium pentapotamiae (232178)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Pakistan (Sindh) Dinotherium pentapotamiae (232182)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Saudi Arabia Deinotherium sp. (47069 47097)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Pakistan (Baluchistan) Deinotherium sp. (180616 180626 180628 180630)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Uganda Deinotherium sp. (73864)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Ethiopia (Afar) Deinotherium bozasi (224657)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) Deinotherium bozasi (21344)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya Deinotherium bozasi (21376 21398 21410 21420 21460 21461 21478 21488 21503 21539)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Tanzania Deinotherium bozasi (21804 22594 22595)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) Deinotherium bozasi (21280 21282 21301 21345 21353 21356)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia (Afar) Deinotherium bozasi (224655)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Deinotherium bozasi (22492)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya Deinotherium bozasi (21367 21370 21458 21462 21464 21498)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Kenya Deinotherium bozasi (22268 22269 22270)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Deinotherium bozasi (21294 21306)