PBDB Taxon

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Stegodon bombifrons

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy

Stegodon bombifrons was named by Falconer (1847). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. compoensis, S. hypsilosphus, S. mediterraneus, S. rathiansis, S. zhaotungensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1847	Stegodon bombifrons Falconer
1880	Stegodon bombifrons Lydekker

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Afrotheria	Stanhope et al. 1998
—	Tethytheria
order	Proboscidea	()
suborder	Elephantiformes	Tassy 1988
superfamily	Elephantoidea
family	Elephantidae
genus	Stegodon	Falconer 1857
species	bombifrons	Falconer 1847

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.

†Stegodon bombifrons Falconer 1847

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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: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.63000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	India (Himachal Pradesh)	Stegodon bombifrons (13060)
Pliocene - Pleistocene	5.333 - 0.0117	India (Himachal Pradesh)	Stegodon bombifrons (232188)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	India (Panjab)	Stegodon bombifrons (51104 51106)