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Morrillia barbouri

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Tetralophodon barbouri was named by Osborn (1921) [type of subgenus "Morrillia" of Osborn 1924b].

It was recombined as Tetralophodon (Morrillia) barbouri by Osborn (1924); it was recombined as Stegomastodon barbouri by Madden (1986), Dalquest and Schultz (1992); it was recombined as Morrillia barbouri by Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Shoshani and Tassy (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Tetralophodon barbouri Osborn
1924Tetralophodon (Morrillia) barbouri Osborn p. 1
1986Stegomastodon barbouri Madden
1992Stegomastodon barbouri Dalquest and Schultz
1996Morrillia barbouri Shoshani and Tassy
2005Morrillia barbouri Shoshani and Tassy p. 7

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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()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
genusMorrillia()
speciesbarbouri()

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.

†Morrillia barbouri Osborn 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:21:50
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:21:50
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lambert and Shoshani 1998

Age range: Irvingtonian or 1.40000 to 0.21000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Arizona) Stegomastodon barbouri (20538)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Texas) Stegomastodon barbouri (20342 20412 20498)