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Choerolophodon
Taxonomy
Choerolophodon was named by Schlesinger (1917). It is the type genus of Choerolophodontinae.
It was assigned to Elephantiformes by Shoshani and Tassy (1996); to Proboscidea by Theodorou et al. (2003); to Gomphotheriidae by Carroll (1988), Geraads et al. (2005); to Choerolophodontinae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Tsoukala et al. (2007), Sanders et al. (2010); and to Choerolophodontidae by Mothé et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Elephantiformes by Shoshani and Tassy (1996); to Proboscidea by Theodorou et al. (2003); to Gomphotheriidae by Carroll (1988), Geraads et al. (2005); to Choerolophodontinae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Tsoukala et al. (2007), Sanders et al. (2010); and to Choerolophodontidae by Mothé et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1917 | Choerolophodon Schlesinger |
| 1988 | Choerolophodon Carroll |
| 1996 | Choerolophodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 352 |
| 1997 | Choerolophodon McKenna and Bell p. 500 |
| 2003 | Choerolophodon Theodorou et al. |
| 2005 | Choerolophodon Geraads et al. p. 528 |
| 2005 | Choerolophodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2 |
| 2007 | Choerolophodon Tsoukala et al. |
| 2010 | Choerolophodon Sanders et al. p. 205 |
| 2016 | Choerolophodon Mothé et al. |
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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. †Choerolophodon Schlesinger 1917
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†Choerolophodon anatolicus Ozansoy 1965
†Choerolophodon chioticus Tobien 1980
†Choerolophodon corrugatus Pilgrim 1913
†Choerolophodon pentelici Gaudry and Lartet 1856
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Invalid names: Synconolophus serridentinoides Viret and Yalçinlar 1952 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the MN 3 to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 20.00000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections (59 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burdigalian - Serravallian | Pakistan (Baluchistan) | C. corrugatus (180630) | |
| MN 3 | Pakistan (Balochistan) | C. corrugatus (77780) | |
| MN 4 | Pakistan (Balochistan) | C. corrugatus (69540) | |
| Middle Miocene | Pakistan (Punjab) | C. corrugatus (236036) | |
| Middle Miocene | Greece (North Aegean) | C. chioticus (182752) | |
| Serravallian | Ukraine (Cherson) | C. sp. (60256) | |
| Serravallian | Moldova | Mastodon pentelici (60271) | |
| Sarmatian | Türkiye | C. pentelici, Mastodon pentelici, Synconolophus serridentinoides (56563) | |
| Sarmatian | Ukraine | C. sp. (183535) | |
| Vallesian | Iraq | C. pentelici (41735) | |
| Vallesian | Greece (Central Macedonia) | C. pentelicus (202119) | |
| Vallesian | Greece | C. pentelici (191070 195490) | |
| Vallesian | Syria | Mastodon pentelici (41746) | |
| Tortonian | Romania (Ilfov) | C. pentelici (199755) | |
| Tortonian | Kenya | C. sp. (219711) | |
| Tortonian | Georgia | Mastodon pentilici (73901) | |
| Tortonian | Ukraine (Odessa) | Mastodon pentelici (75797) | |
| Tortonian | Tunisia | C. sp. (65170) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Attiki) | C. pentelicus (195562) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Evros) | C. pentelici (210641) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Moldova (Tighina Departement) | Mastodon pentelici (36143) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Chalkidona) | C. pentelici (202703) C. pentelicus (202222) Mastodon pentelici (182745 182746 182748 182749 182750) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Pakistan (Punjab) | C. corrugatus (13474) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Aegean) | C. pentelici (182751 202724) Mastodon pentelici (202120) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Attica) | Mastodon pentelici (182754) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Italy (Faenza) | C. pentelici (215240) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Kozani) | Mastodon pentelici (202257) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Bulgaria (Blagoevgrard) | C. pentelici (197446) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Euboea) | C. sp. (195432 195437) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Kassandra) | Mastodon pentelici (202528) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Türkiye (Usak) | C. pentelici (34462) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Türkiye (Cankiri) | C. pentelici (184368) | |
| MN 10 | Moldova (Anenii Noi) | Mastodon pentelici (60268) | |
| MN 10 | Türkiye (Thrace) | C. anatolicus (67661) | |
| MN 11 | Greece | C. pentelici (73869) | |
| Turolian | Greece (Makedonia Thraki) | C. pentelici (157582) | |
| Turolian | Greece (Samos) | C. pentelici (202216) | |
| Turolian | Bulgaria | C. pentelici (208566 208567 208568) | |
| Turolian | Greece (Chalkidona) | C. pentelici (195489) | |
| Turolian | Greece (Macedonia) | C. pentelici (32374 32375 32376) | |
| Turolian | Türkiye | C. pentelici (151910) | |
| Turolian | Greece (Central Macedonia) | C. pentelicus (32189) | |
| MN 12 | Türkiye (Anatolia) | C. sp. (60534) | |
| Messinian | Libya | C. sp. (96981) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Egypt | Mammut pentilicus (22592) |