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Deinotherium proavum

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae

Taxonomy
Deinotherium proavi was named by Eichwald (1835).

It was corrected as Deinotherium proavum by Iliopoulos et al. (2014), Aiglstorfer et al. (2014), Konidaris et al. (2017) and Alba et al. (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Deinotherium proavi Eichwald
2014Deinotherium proavum Aiglstorfer et al.
2014Deinotherium proavum Iliopoulos et al.
2017Deinotherium proavum Konidaris et al.
2020Deinotherium proavum 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
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyDeinotheriidaeBonaparte 1845
genusDeinotherium(Kaup 1829)
speciesproavum(Eichwald 1835)

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.

Deinotherium proavum Eichwald 1835
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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: 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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Turolian or 8.70000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Aegean) Deinotherium proavum (202725) Dinotherium sp. (202120)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attica) Deinotherium proavum (182754 202631)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) Dinotherium giganteum (202213)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Crete) Deinotherium giganteum (202723)