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Gomphotherium
Taxonomy
Gomphotherium was named by Burmeister (1837). It is not extant. It was considered paraphyletic by Lambert (2007).
It was assigned to Gomphotheriini by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Gomphotheriinae by Simpson (1945), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Sanders et al. (2010); and to Gomphotheriidae by Burmeister (1837), Gazin and Collins (1950), Qiu et al. (1981), Carroll (1988), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Lambert and Shoshani (1998), Sach and Heizmann (2001), Sanders and Miller (2002), Lambert (2007), Boessenecker (2011), Mothé et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Gomphotheriini by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Gomphotheriinae by Simpson (1945), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Sanders et al. (2010); and to Gomphotheriidae by Burmeister (1837), Gazin and Collins (1950), Qiu et al. (1981), Carroll (1988), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Lambert and Shoshani (1998), Sach and Heizmann (2001), Sanders and Miller (2002), Lambert (2007), Boessenecker (2011), Mothé et al. (2016).
Species
G. anguirvalis, G. angustidens, G. brewsterensis, G. connexus, G. emmonsi, G. gratum, G. nebrascensis, G. ngorora, G. productum (syn. Trilophodon joraki, Tetrabelodon lulli, Megabelodon minor, Mastodon serridens, G. pojoaquense, Ocalientinus ojocaliensis, Trilophodon cruziensis, Trilophodon phippsi), G. pygmaeus, G. rugosidens, G. shensiensis, G. simplicidens, G. wimani, Mastodon (Trilophodon) pandionis, Serridentinus filholi, Serridentinus gobiensis, Serridentinus mongoliensis, Tatabelodon gregorii, Tatabelodon riograndensis, Tetrabelodon angustidens, Trilophodon barstonis, Trilophodon ligoniferus, Trilophodon osborni (syn. Trilophodon gregorii, Trilophodon abeli, Tetrabelodon willistoni), Trilophodon yangziensis, Trobelodon taoensis
Species lacking formal opinion data