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Serridentinus gobiensis

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Serridentinus gobiensis was named by Osborn and Granger (1932). Its type specimen is AMNH 26461, a mandible (right hemimandible), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Miomastodon gobiensis by Zhang et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Serridentinus gobiensis Osborn and Granger p. 11
2023Miomastodon gobiensis Zhang et al. p. 147

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
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
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
genusSerridentinusBurmeister 1837
speciesgobiensis

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.

Serridentinus gobiensis Osborn and Granger 1932
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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 15:16:35
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:16:35
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 15.97000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Ningxia) Miomastodon gobiensis (230391)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Hubei) Miomastodon gobiensis (230393)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China Miomastodon gobiensis (230392)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333China (Nei Mongol) Serridentinus gobiensis (28781)