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Mammuthus (mammoth)
Taxonomy
Mammuthus was named by Brookes (1828) [also attributed to Burnett 1830 by Aguirre 1969].
It was assigned to Elephantina by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Elephantidae by Brookes (1828), Hibbard (1955), Wilson (1967), Puckette and Scholtz (1974), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Carroll (1988), Kalb and Frohelich (1995), Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi (1995), Lambert and Shoshani (1998), Barriel et al. (1999), Christiansen (2007); to Elephantinae by Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Rogaev et al. (2006), Sanders (2007); and to Elephantini by Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Rohland et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Elephantina by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Elephantidae by Brookes (1828), Hibbard (1955), Wilson (1967), Puckette and Scholtz (1974), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Carroll (1988), Kalb and Frohelich (1995), Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi (1995), Lambert and Shoshani (1998), Barriel et al. (1999), Christiansen (2007); to Elephantinae by Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Rogaev et al. (2006), Sanders (2007); and to Elephantini by Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Rohland et al. (2010).
Species
Archidiskodon celebensis, Archidiskodon haroldcooki, Archidiskodon weifangensis, M. chosaricus, M. columbi (syn. Elephas floridanus, Elephas eellsi, Elephas washingtonii, Parelephas progressus, M. imperator, Archidiskodon sonoriensis, Elephas roosevelti, Elephas jeffersonii, Elephas jacksoni, Elephas maibeni), M. creticus, M. exilis, M. hayi (syn. Elephas haroldcooki, Elephas scotti), M. lamarmorae, M. meridionalis (syn. Archidiskodon nebrascensis, Archidiskodon scotti), M. primigenius (syn. Elephas boreus), M. trogontherii
Species lacking formal opinion data