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Choerolophodontidae
Taxonomy
Choerolophodontinae was named by Gaziry (1976). It is not extant. Its type is Choerolophodon.
It was reranked as the family Choerolophodontidae by Mothé et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Elephantoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Gomphotheriidae by Sanders and Miller (2002), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Tsoukala et al. (2007), Sanders et al. (2010); and to Proboscidea by Mothé et al. (2016).
It was reranked as the family Choerolophodontidae by Mothé et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Elephantoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Gomphotheriidae by Sanders and Miller (2002), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Tsoukala et al. (2007), Sanders et al. (2010); and to Proboscidea by Mothé et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Afrochoerodon, Choerolophodon (type genus)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1976 | Choerolophodontinae Gaziry |
1997 | Choerolophodontinae McKenna and Bell p. 500 |
2002 | Choerolophodontinae Sanders and Miller p. 395 |
2005 | Choerolophodontinae Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2 |
2007 | Choerolophodontinae Tsoukala et al. |
2010 | Choerolophodontinae Sanders et al. p. 203 |
2016 | Choerolophodontidae Mothé 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.
Fm. †Choerolophodontidae Gaziry 1976
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G. †Afrochoerodon Picford 2001
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†Afrochoerodon kisumuensis Picford 2001
†Afrochoerodon zaltaniensis Pickford 2001
G. †Choerolophodon Schlesinger 1917
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†Choerolophodon anatolicus Ozansoy 1965
†Choerolophodon chioticus Tobien 1980
†Choerolophodon pentelici Gaudry and Lartet 1856
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, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Collections (51 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Burdigalian - Serravallian | Pakistan (Baluchistan) | Choerolophodon corrugatus (180630) | |
MN 3 | Pakistan (Balochistan) | Choerolophodon corrugatus (77780) | |
MN 4 | Pakistan (Balochistan) | Choerolophodon corrugatus (69540) | |
MN 4 | Egypt | Afrochoerodon kisumuensis (53970) | |
Langhian | Kenya (Nyanza) | Choerolophodon kisumensis (21338 21339) | |
Langhian - Serravallian | Kenya | Choerolophodon kisumuensis (22303) | |
Middle Miocene | Pakistan (Punjab) | Choerolophodon corrugatus (236036) | |
Middle Miocene | Greece (North Aegean) | Choerolophodon chioticus (182752) | |
Serravallian | Ukraine (Cherson) | Choerolophodon sp. (60256) | |
Sarmatian | Ukraine | Choerolophodon sp. (183535) | |
Vallesian | Greece (Central Macedonia) | Choerolophodon pentelicus (202119) | |
Vallesian | Greece | Choerolophodon pentelici (191070 195490) | |
Vallesian | Iraq | Choerolophodon pentelici (41735) | |
Tortonian | Kenya | Choerolophodon sp. (219711) | |
Tortonian | Tunisia | Choerolophodon sp. (65170) | |
Tortonian | Romania (Ilfov) | Choerolophodon pentelici (199755) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Chalkidona) | Choerolophodon pentelici (202703) Choerolophodon pentelicus (202222) Mastodon pentelici (182745 182746) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Turkey | Choerolophodon pentelici (56563) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Evros) | Choerolophodon pentelici (210641) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Attiki) | Choerolophodon pentelicus (195562) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Euboea) | Choerolophodon sp. (195432 195437) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Bulgaria (Blagoevgrard) | Choerolophodon pentelici (197446) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Aegean) | Choerolophodon pentelici (182751 202724) Mastodon pentelici (202120) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Turkey (Usak) | Choerolophodon pentelici (34462) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Italy (Faenza) | Choerolophodon pentelici (215240) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Kozani) | Mastodon pentelici (202257) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Turkey (Cankiri) | Choerolophodon pentelici (184368) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Pakistan (Punjab) | Choerolophodon corrugatus (13474) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Attica) | Mastodon pentelici (182754) | |
MN 10 | Turkey (Thrace) | Choerolophodon anatolicus (67661) | |
MN 11 | Greece | Choerolophodon pentelici (73869) | |
Turolian | Greece (Macedonia) | Choerolophodon pentelici (32374 32375 32376) | |
Turolian | Greece (Makedonia Thraki) | Choerolophodon pentelici (157582) | |
Turolian | Greece (Central Macedonia) | Choerolophodon pentelicus (32189) | |
Turolian | Greece (Samos) | Choerolophodon pentelici (202216) | |
Turolian | Greece (Chalkidona) | Choerolophodon pentelici (195489) | |
Turolian | Turkey | Choerolophodon pentelici (151910) | |
Turolian | Bulgaria | Choerolophodon pentelici (208566 208567 208568) | |
MN 12 | Turkey (Anatolia) | Choerolophodon sp. (60534) |