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Mastodontoidea (disused)
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).
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).
Subtaxa
Entered
by J. Marcot on 2023-10-19; modified by M. Uhen on 2023-10-26
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1921 | Mastodontoidea Osborn p. 3 |
| 1936 | Mastodontoidea Osborn p. 24 |
| 1953 | Mastodontoidea Bergounioux et al. p. 24 |
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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
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| 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 |
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| Burdigalian | China (Jiangsu) | Mastodontoidea indet. (41812) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene | USA (California) | Bunomastodontidae indet. (19469) |