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Elephantosaurus
Taxonomy
Elephantosaurus was named by Vjuschkov (1969). It is not extant. Its type is Elephantosaurus jachimovitschi.
It was assigned to Kannemeyeriidae by Carroll (1988); to Stahleckeriini by Battail and Surkov (2000); to Stahleckeriinae by Ivakhnenko (2008); and to Kannemeyeriiformes by Kammerer et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Kannemeyeriidae by Carroll (1988); to Stahleckeriini by Battail and Surkov (2000); to Stahleckeriinae by Ivakhnenko (2008); and to Kannemeyeriiformes by Kammerer et al. (2013).
Species
E. jachimovitschi (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1969 | Elephantosaurus Vjuschkov |
| 1988 | Elephantosaurus Carroll |
| 2000 | Elephantosaurus Battail and Surkov |
| 2008 | Elephantosaurus Ivakhnenko |
| 2013 | Elephantosaurus Kammerer et al. p. 7 |
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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.
G. †Elephantosaurus Vjuschkov 1969
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†Elephantosaurus jachimovitschi Vjuschkov 1969
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004 | |||||