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Trilophodon yangziensis

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Trilophodon yangziensis was named by Wang et al. (2014). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Sinomastodon yangziensis by Wang et al. (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Trilophodon yangziensis Chow
1975Gomphotherium serridentoides Pei p. 251 figs. pl. 1, fig. 1
2014Trilophodon yangziensis Wang et al.
2014Sinomastodon yangziensis Wang et al. p. 91

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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
genusTrilophodonBurmeister 1837
speciesyangziensis

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.

Trilophodon yangziensis Wang et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:16:35
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:16:35
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Lillegraven 1979
Collections
No collection or age range data are available