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Mastodon (Tetralophodon) sivalensis

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae

Taxonomy
Mastodon sivalensis was named by Falconer and Cautley (1875). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Mastodon (Tetralophodon) sivalensis by Lydekker (1880).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. euhypodon, M. pentelici, Tetralophodon exoletus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Mastodon sivalensis Falconer and Cautley
1880Mastodon (Tetralophodon) sivalensis Lydekker
1889Mastodon sivalensis Cope p. 196

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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()
—ElephantimorphaTassy and Shoshani 1997
familyMammutidaeHay 1922
genusMastodonBlumenbach 1799
subgenusTetralophodon
speciessivalensis(Falconer and Cautley 1875)

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.

†Mastodon (Tetralophodon) sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1875
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
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, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117India (Himachal Pradesh) Mastodon sivalensis (232188)