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Phiomia

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Phiomia Andrews and Beadnell
1906Phiomia Andrews p. 169
1945Phiomia Simpson
1988Phiomia Carroll
1996Phiomia Shoshani and Tassy p. 352
1997Phiomia McKenna and Bell p. 498
2005Phiomia Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2
2010Phiomia Sanders et al. p. 182
2017Phiomia Wang et al. p. 612 fig. 8

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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
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
genusPhiomiaAndrews and Beadnell 1902

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
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: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Chattian or 41.03000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Libya P. sp. (49942)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.03 - 33.9Libya P. wintoni, P. minor (55449)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3Egypt (Fayum) P. serridens, Palaeomastodon wintoni, Palaeomastodon minor (65960)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Oman (Dhofar) P. sp. (162464)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Egypt P. sp. (187873)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Libya P. wintoni (154222)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Ethiopia P. sp. (71941)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Angola (Cabinda) Phiomia indet. (56682)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kenya Phiomia indet. (166975 174673)