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Palaeomastodontidae
Taxonomy
Palaeomastodontidae was named by Andrews (1906).
It was assigned to Proboscidea by Andrews (1906); to Proboscidea by Abel (1919); to Proboscidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Elephantiformes by Shoshani and Tassy (2005); and to Elephantiformes by Shoshani et al. (2006), Sanders et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Proboscidea by Andrews (1906); to Proboscidea by Abel (1919); to Proboscidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Elephantiformes by Shoshani and Tassy (2005); and to Elephantiformes by Shoshani et al. (2006), Sanders et al. (2010).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1906 | Palaeomastodontidae Andrews p. 130 |
| 1919 | Palaeomastodontidae Abel p. 826 |
| 1997 | Palaeomastodontidae McKenna and Bell p. 498 |
| 2005 | Palaeomastodontidae Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2 |
| 2006 | Palaeomastodontidae Shoshani et al. p. 17300 |
| 2010 | Palaeomastodontidae Sanders et al. p. 181 |
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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. †Palaeomastodontidae Andrews 1906
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G. †Palaeomastodon Andrews 1901
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†Palaeomastodon beadnelli Andrews 1901
†Palaeomastodon minor Andrews 1904
†Palaeomastodon parvus Andrews 1905
†Palaeomastodon wintoni Andrews 1905
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene | Egypt (Fayum) | Palaeomastodon beadnelli, Palaeomastodon wintoni, Palaeomastodon parvus, Palaeomastodon minor (65960) | |
| Oligocene | Saudi Arabia (Al Hijaz) | Palaeomastodon sp. (97221) | |
| Oligocene | Libya | Palaeomastodon sp. (154222) | |
| Chattian | Ethiopia | Palaeomastodon sp. nov. B, Palaeomastodon sp. nov. A (71941) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Kenya | Palaeomastodontidae indet. (174672) |