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Mammuthus paramammonteus

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Archidiskodon paramammonteus was named by Matsumoto (1959).

It was recombined as Elephas hysudricus paramammonteus by Shikama et al. (1975); it was recombined as Mammuthus paramammonteus by Kawamura et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Archidiskodon paramammonteus Matsumoto pp. 703 - 704 fig. 3
1975Elephas hysudricus paramammonteus Shikama et al. pp. 31 - 35 figs. Pl. 2 丘gs. 1-6
2007Mammuthus paramammonteus Kawamura 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
superfamilyElephantoidea
familyElephantidae
subfamilyElephantinaeGray 1821
tribeElephantiniGray 1821
genusMammuthusBrookes 1828
speciesparamammonteus(Matsumoto 1959)

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.

Mammuthus paramammonteus Matsumoto 1959
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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: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:21:31
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:24:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Hokkaido) Mammuthus paramammonteus (56376)