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Stegodontidae

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Stegodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Stegodontidae Osborn
1973Stegodontidae Maglio
1988Stegodontidae Carroll
1996Stegodontidae Shoshani and Tassy p. 352
1998Stegodontidae Lambert and Shoshani p. 608
1999Stegodontidae Sanders p. 793
2005Stegodontidae Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2
2006Stegodontidae Shoshani et al. p. 17300

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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
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
superfamilyElephantoidea
familyStegodontidaeOsborn 1918
familyStegodontidaeOsborn 1918

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.

Fm. †Stegodontidae Osborn 1918
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G. †Stegolophodon Pohlig 1888
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†Stegolophodon cautleyi Lydekker 1886
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Invalid names: Stegolophodon banguoensis Tang et al. 1974 [synonym], Stegotetrabelodon gomphotheroides Ji and Zhang 1997 [synonym], Stegotetrabelodon jiangyiensis Ji and Zhang 1997 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Stegolophodon miyokoae Hatai 1959 [synonym]
†Stegolophodon sahabianus Petrocchi 1943
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: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Piacenzian or 20.45000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Japan (Miyagi) Stegolophodon miyokoae (13454)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58South Africa Stegolophodon sp. (22220)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Japan Stegolophodon pseudolatidens (93788 93875)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Japan (Hyogo) Stegolophodon pseudolatidens (93784)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Japan (Toyama) Stegolophodon pseudolatidens (93789 93876 93877)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Japan (Fukushim) Stegolophodon pseudolatidens (93771)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Japan (Nagasaki) Stegolophodon pseudolatidens (93879)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Japan (Wajima) Stegolophodon pseudolatidens (93878)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Japan (Fukushima) Stegolophodon pseudolatidens (93783 93785)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Japan (Ibaraki) Stegolophodon pseudolatidens (93880 93881)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Japan (Miyagi) Stegolophodon pseudolatidens (93786 93787)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Thailand Stegolophodon sp. (48126)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Japan Stegolophodon pseudolatidens (93790)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Pakistan (Sind) Stegolophodon sp. (71449 71450)
MN 7 + 8 - MN 912.75 - 9.67Thailand Stegodontidae indet. (71580)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333India (Gujarat) Stegolophodon cautleyi (87489)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Thailand (Nakorn Ratchasima) Stegolophodon sp. (67172)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima) Stegolophodon stegodontoides (144187)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58South Africa (Cape) Stegolophodon sp. (59167 115166)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58China (Yunnan) Stegolophodon banguoensis, Stegodon primitium (42561)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58India (Jammu) Stegolophodon sp. (51101)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Myanmar Stegolophodon iravaticus (214674 241904) Stegolophodon stegodontoides (241903)