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Stegodon aurorae

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Elephas aurorae was named by Matsumoto (1918).

It was recombined as Parastegodon aurorae by Matsumoto (1924); it was recombined as Stegodon aurorae by Aiba et al. (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Elephas aurorae Matsumoto
1924Parastegodon aurorae Matsumoto
1936Parastegodon akashiensis Fuyuji
2010Stegodon aurorae Aiba et al.

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
ElephantimorphaTassy and Shoshani 1997
ElephantidaTassy and Shoshani 1997
superfamilyElephantoidea
familyElephantidae
genusStegodonFalconer 1857
speciesaurorae(Matsumoto 1918)

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.

Stegodon aurorae Matsumoto 1918
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Invalid names: Stegodon akashiensis Fuyuji 1936 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 20:09:03
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Japan (Hyogo) Parastegodon akashiensis (13932)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan Stegodon aurorae (79697)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan (Tokyo) Stegodon aurorae (76022)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Taiwan (Tainan) Stegodon aurorae, Stegodon akashiensis (76844)