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Loxodonta exoptata

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Loxodonta exoptata was named by Dietrich (1941). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich

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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
speciesexoptataDietrich 1941

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 exoptata Dietrich 1941
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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, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

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

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Tanzania Loxodonta exoptata (22043 22044 22045 22051)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Loxodonta exoptata (22234)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Uganda Loxodonta exoptata (22255 22265)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Loxodonta exoptata (32050)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Malawi Loxodonta exoptata (22328)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Tanzania Loxodonta exoptata (21830)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Kenya Loxodonta exoptata (22235)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kenya Loxodonta exoptata (22267)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Loxodonta exoptata (22325)
Zanclean - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Loxodonta exoptata (22197)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia Loxodonta exoptata (21637 21767 21770 21785)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya Loxodonta exoptata (21424 21425 21430 21535)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Tanzania Loxodonta exoptata (21787 21788 21789 21790 21792 21793 21795 21796 21798 21799 21800 21801 21802 21807 21810 21811 21831 21832)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Chad Loxodonta exoptata (21962 22505 22506)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Tanzania Loxodonta exoptata (21804 21805 21815)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya Loxodonta exoptata (21517)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) Loxodonta exoptata (21283)