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Amebelodon fricki

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Amebelodon fricki was named by Barbour (1927) [genotype]. Its type specimen is UNL No. 4-4-27 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cambridge, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska.

It was recombined as Amebelodon (Amebelodon) fricki by Lambert (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Amebelodon fricki Barbour
1990Amebelodon (Amebelodon) fricki Lambert p. 1033
2005Amebelodon fricki Geraads et al. p. 530
2017Amebelodon fricki Wang et al. p. 603

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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()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
subfamilyAmebelodontinae
genusAmebelodon
speciesfricki

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.

Amebelodon fricki Barbour 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:18:00
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:19:24
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Lambert and Shoshani 1998

Age range: Hemphillian or 9.40000 to 4.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Amebelodon fricki (18305)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Amebelodon fricki (type locality: 18086)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Texas) Amebelodon fricki (18072)