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Mammut matthewi

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Mammutidae

Taxonomy
Mastodon matthewi was named by Osborn (1921). Its type locality is Aphelops Draw Quarries, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Snake Creek Formation of Nebraska.

It was recombined as Miomastodon matthewi by Osborn (1922) and Osborn (1942); it was recombined as Pliomastodon matthewi by Osborn (1926), Matthew (1930); it was recombined as Mammut matthewi by Shoshani and Tassy (1996), von Koenigswald et al. (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Mastodon matthewi Osborn
1922Miomastodon matthewi Osborn
1926Pliomastodon matthewi Osborn
1930Pliomastodon matthewi Matthew
1930Pliomastodon vexillarius Matthew
1930Pliomastodon sellardsi Simpson
1942Miomastodon matthewi Osborn
1987Pliomastodon nevadanus Tedford et al.
1996Mammut matthewi Shoshani and Tassy
2023Mammut matthewi von Koenigswald et al. p. 26

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
—ElephantimorphaTassy and Shoshani 1997
familyMammutidaeHay 1922
genusMammutBlumenbach 1799
speciesmatthewi()

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.

†Mammut matthewi Osborn 1921
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Invalid names: Mammut nevadanus [synonym], Pliomastodon sellardsi Simpson 1930 [synonym], Pliomastodon vexillarius Matthew 1930 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:16:05
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:24:42
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Blancan or 13.82000 to 1.40000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63China (Jiangsu) Pliomastodon matthewi (42481)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Florida) Pliomastodon sellardsi (18505)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nevada) Mammut nevadanus (19101) Pliomastodon nevadanus (19095)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Pliomastodon matthewi (type locality: 18033 18323)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Oregon) Mammut matthewi (19015 19116)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Florida) Mammut matthewi (18573) Pliomastodon sellardsi (18599)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (California) Pliomastodon vexillarius (19604)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan9.4 - 1.4USA (Kansas) Mammut matthewi (231903)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) Pliomastodon vexillarius (19699)