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Loxodonta adaurora

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Loxodonta adaurora was named by Maglio (1970). Its type specimen is PAL.KANAP. 385, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. zulu

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Loxodonta adaurora Maglio p. 12
1973Loxodonta adaurora Maglio

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
superfamilyElephantoidea
familyElephantidae
subfamilyElephantinaeGray 1821
tribeLoxodontiniOsborn 1918
genusLoxodonta
speciesadaurora

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.

†Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970
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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: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 20:09:03
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Gelasian or 5.33300 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya Loxodonta adaurora (232486)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Loxodonta adaurora (22171)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) Loxodonta adaurora (21335 21336)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Loxodonta adaurora (21737 22132 22160 22176)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Loxodonta adaurora (22234)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kenya Loxodonta adaurora (22321)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Malawi Loxodonta adaurora (22559)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Kenya Loxodonta adaurora (21434 21439)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kenya Loxodonta adaurora (22267)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Loxodonta adaurora (22323 22324)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya (Turkana District) Loxodonta adaurora (21334)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia Loxodonta adaurora (21637 21756 21757 21758 21767 21768 21781 21783 21785)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya (Rift Valley) Loxodonta adaurora (21307)
Piacenzian - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Kenya Loxodonta adaurora (22238)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) Loxodonta adaurora (21282 21283)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya Loxodonta adaurora (21398 21503 21504)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia Loxodonta adaurora (22000)