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Phiomia
Taxonomy
Phiomia was named by Andrews and Beadnell (1902). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Gomphotheriinae by Simpson (1945); to Gomphotheriidae by Carroll (1988); to Elephantiformes by Shoshani and Tassy (1996); to Phiomiidae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Shoshani and Tassy (2005); to Palaeomastodontidae by Andrews (1906), Sanders et al. (2010); and to Proboscidea by Wang et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Gomphotheriinae by Simpson (1945); to Gomphotheriidae by Carroll (1988); to Elephantiformes by Shoshani and Tassy (1996); to Phiomiidae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Shoshani and Tassy (2005); to Palaeomastodontidae by Andrews (1906), Sanders et al. (2010); and to Proboscidea by Wang et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1902 | Phiomia Andrews and Beadnell |
| 1906 | Phiomia Andrews p. 169 |
| 1945 | Phiomia Simpson |
| 1988 | Phiomia Carroll |
| 1996 | Phiomia Shoshani and Tassy p. 352 |
| 1997 | Phiomia McKenna and Bell p. 498 |
| 2005 | Phiomia Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2 |
| 2010 | Phiomia Sanders et al. p. 182 |
| 2017 | Phiomia Wang et al. p. 612 fig. 8 |
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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. †Phiomia Andrews and Beadnell 1902
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†Phiomia major Sanders et al. 2004
†Phiomia minor Andrews 1904
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Invalid names: Palaeomastodon minus Andrews 1905 [synonym], Palaeomastodon wintoni Andrews 1905 [synonym]
†Phiomia serridens Andrews and Beadnell 1902
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bartonian | Libya | P. sp. (49942) | |
| Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene | Libya | P. wintoni, P. minor (55449) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene | Egypt (Fayum) | P. serridens, Palaeomastodon wintoni, Palaeomastodon minor (65960) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Oman (Dhofar) | P. sp. (162464) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Egypt | P. sp. (187873) | |
| Oligocene | Libya | P. wintoni (154222) | |
| Chattian | Ethiopia | P. sp. (71941) | |
| Chattian | Angola (Cabinda) | Phiomia indet. (56682) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Kenya | Phiomia indet. (166975 174673) |