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Mastodontoidea (disused)

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea

Taxonomy
Mastodontoidea was named by Osborn (1921).

It was reranked as the suborder Mastodontoidea by Bergounioux et al. (1953).

It was assigned to Proboscidea by Osborn (1921), Osborn (1936), Bergounioux et al. (1953).

Entered
by J. Marcot on 2023-10-19; modified by M. Uhen on 2023-10-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Mastodontoidea Osborn p. 3
1936Mastodontoidea Osborn p. 24
1953Mastodontoidea Bergounioux et al. p. 24

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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
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderMastodontoidea()
suborderMastodontoidea()

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.

Subor. †Mastodontoidea Osborn 1921
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Fm. †Bunomastodontidae Osborn 1921
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Invalid names: Longirostrinae [empty], Serridentinae Osborn 1936 [empty], Tetralophodontinae van der Maarel 1932 [empty]
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: 2005-08-26 13:32:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:32:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Pliocene or 20.45000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Jiangsu) Mastodontoidea indet. (41812)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58USA (California) Bunomastodontidae indet. (19469)