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Mastodon (Trilophodon) pandionis

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Mastodon pandionis was named by Falconer (1847). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Mastodon (Trilophodon) pandionis by Lydekker (1880).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. euhypodon, M. pentelici, Trilophodon olisiponense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Mastodon pandionis Falconer
1880Mastodon (Trilophodon) pandionis Lydekker

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
genusMastodonBurmeister 1837
subgenusTrilophodon
speciespandionis(Falconer 1847)

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.

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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 15:16:35
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:16:35
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lambert and Shoshani 1998

Age range: Tortonian or 11.62000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588India (Punjab) Mastodon pandionis (232627)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246India (Gujarat) Mastodon pandionis (203112)