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Tetralophodon

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Tetralophodon was named by Falconer (1857) [type is a European species; also attributed to Warren 1852 by Matthew 1918a]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Tetralophodontidae. It was considered monophyletic by Lambert (2007).

It was synonymized subjectively with Gomphotherium by Hay (1923), Peterson (1928).

It was assigned to Longirostrinae by Osborn (1924); to Elephantiformes by Shoshani and Tassy (1996); to Elephantidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Elephantoidea by Tassy (1996), Lambert and Shoshani (1998); to Elephantoidea by Shoshani and Tassy (2005); to Gomphotheriidae by Falconer (1857), Carroll (1988), Geraads et al. (2005), Lambert (2007); and to Tetralophodontidae by Larramendi and Ferretti (2026).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Tetralophodon Falconer
1924Tetralophodon Osborn p. 1
1988Tetralophodon Carroll
1996Tetralophodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 352
1996Tetralophodon Tassy
1997Tetralophodon McKenna and Bell p. 502
1998Tetralophodon Lambert and Shoshani p. 615
2005Tetralophodon Geraads et al. p. 529
2005Tetralophodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2
2007Tetralophodon Lambert p. 681
2026Tetralophodon Larramendi and Ferretti p. 254

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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()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
genusTetralophodonFalconer 1857

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. †Tetralophodon Falconer 1857
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Subg. †Tetralophodon (Lydekkeria) Osborn 1924
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Subg. †Tetralophodon (Tetralophodon) Falconer 1857
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:21:50
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:21:50
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lambert and Shoshani 1998

Age range: base of the MN 7 + 8 to the top of the Pliocene or 12.75000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Portugal T. longirostris (200324)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333China (Yunnan) T. sp. (42483)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63India (Jammu and Kashmir) T. sp. (11797)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Moldova (Chișinău) T. longirostris (210536)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63China (Jiangsu) T. sp. (42249)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Ethiopia T. sp. (22157)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Tunisia (Gafsa) T. longirostris (35277)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Romania (Vaslui) T. longirostris (197472)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain T. longirostris (78058)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Spain (Catalonia) T. sp. (38977)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Spain (Segovia) T. longirostris (40768)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Ukraine (Izmail) Mastodon longirostris (76313)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) T. longirostris (206345)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Tunisia T. sp. (65170)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) Mastodon longirostris (75794 75797)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Austria (Niederösterreich) Mastodon longirostris (45042 45044)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Ukraine (Crimea) T. longirostris (85514)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Georgia Mastodon longirostris (73901)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Ukraine Mastodon longirostris (75089 75800 76299)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Moldova Mastodon longirostris (75802 75803) T. longirostris (152254)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Kassandra) T. longirostris (202330 202500 202501)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Tunisia T. sp. (34805)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima) T. sp. (144187)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Ukraine Mastodon longirostris (76553)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Morocco T. sp. (210194)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) T. longirostris, Stegotetrabelodon gigantorostris (75481)
MN 109.67 - 8.725Türkiye (Thrace) T. longirostris (67661)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Georgia Mastodon sp. (75087)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Bulgaria T. longirostris (215636)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ukraine (Odessa) T. longirostris (76502)