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Stegodon insignis

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Stegodon insignis was named by Falconer (1857). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Elephas insignis by Lydekker (1886) and Cope (1889).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. compoensis, S. hypsilosphus, S. mediterraneus, S. rathiansis, S. zhaotungensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Stegodon insignis Falconer
1870Stegodon orientalis Owen
1880Stegodon insignis Lydekker
1886Elephas insignis Lydekker
1889Elephas insignis Cope p. 196
1903Stegodon insignis Schlosser

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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
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
superfamilyElephantoidea
familyElephantidae
genusStegodonFalconer 1857
speciesinsignisFalconer 1857

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 insignis Falconer 1857
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Invalid names: Stegodon orientalis Owen 1870 [synonym]
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, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neogene23.03 - 2.58Taiwan (Taichung) Stegodon insignis (76860) Stegodon insignis, Stegodon orientalis (76862) Stegodon orientalis (76861)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58Myanmar Elephas insignis (215569)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Nepal Stegodon insignis (36574)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117India (Uttar Pradesh) Stegodon insignis (37751)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588India (Jammu) Stegodon insignis (51101 51102)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588India (Panjab) Stegodon insignis (51104 51106)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Myanmar Stegodon insignis (41266 41306)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Hunan) Stegodon orientalis (36819)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129China (Sichuan) Stegodon orientalis (226365)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima) Stegodon sp. (143885)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129India (Madhya Pradesh) Stegodon insignis (92786)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vietnam Stegodon orientalis (108001)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Laos (Hua Pan) Stegodon orientalis (235746)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vietnam (Lang Son) Stegodon orientalis (92781)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Guangxi) Stegodon orientalis (235740)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Guangdong) Stegodon orientalis (40341 120834)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117China (Guangxi) Stegodon orientalis (235737)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117China (Guangdong) Stegodon orientalis (13293)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117China (Hunan) Stegodon orientalis (36729 36730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117China (Hubei) Stegodon orientalis (92787)