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Elephas planifrons
Taxonomy
Elephas planifrons was named by Falconer and Cautley (1846).
It was synonymized subjectively with Archidiskodon meridionalis by Pohlig (1885); it was recombined as Protelephas planifrons by Garutt (1957); it was recombined as Mammuthus planifrons by Gulec et al. (1999).
It was synonymized subjectively with Archidiskodon meridionalis by Pohlig (1885); it was recombined as Protelephas planifrons by Garutt (1957); it was recombined as Mammuthus planifrons by Gulec et al. (1999).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1846 | Elephas planifrons Falconer and Cautley p. 38 |
| 1957 | Protelephas planifrons Garutt pp. 189-191 fig. 1 |
| 1973 | Elephas planifrons Maglio |
| 1999 | Mammuthus planifrons Gulec et al. |
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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.
†Elephas planifrons Falconer and Cautley 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Gelasian or 3.60000 to 1.80000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pliocene | Italy | Elephas planifrons (96770) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Nepal | Elephas planifrons (36574) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | India (Jammu) | Elephas planifrons (51101 51102) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Russian Federation | Elephas planifrons (76530) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Ukraine (Donetsk) | Elephas planifrons (76533) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Pakistan (Jhelem, Punjab) | Elephas planifrons (13448) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | India (Panjab) | Elephas planifrons (51104 51106) | |
| Piacenzian | Russian Federation (Chechnya) | Elephas planifrons (76525) | |
| Gelasian | Azerbaijan | Elephas planifrons (76529) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Türkiye | Mammuthus planifrons (39321) |