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Gomphotherium subtapiroideum

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Gomphotherium subtapiroideum was named by Schlesinger (1917).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
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by P. Wagner on 2025-07-27; modified by P. Wagner on 2025-07-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Gomphotherium subtapiroideum Schlesinger

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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
genusGomphotherium
speciessubtapiroideumSchlesinger 1917

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.

Gomphotherium subtapiroideum Schlesinger 1917
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Langhian or 23.04000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Germany Gomphotherium subtapiroideum (70362)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Maine-et-Loire) Gomphotherium subtapiroideum (148396)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) Gomphotherium subtapiroideum (180192)