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Tetralophodon longirostris

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Mastodon longirostris was named by Kaup (1832). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mastodon angustidens by Owen (1844); it was recombined as Tetralophodon (Tetralophodon) longirostris by Osborn (1924); it was recombined as Tetralophodon longirostris by Falconer (1857), Bergounioux et al. (1953), Theodorou et al. (2003), Geraads et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Mastodon longirostris Kaup
1835Mastodon longirostris Kaup p. 65
1857Tetralophodon longirostris Falconer
1860Mastodon longirostris Nordmann p. 291
1873Mastodon longirostris Leidy p. 237
1924Tetralophodon (Tetralophodon) longirostris Osborn p. 1
1953Tetralophodon longirostris Bergounioux et al. p. 74
2003Tetralophodon longirostris Theodorou et al.
2005Tetralophodon longirostris Geraads et al. p. 529

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
genusTetralophodonFalconer 1857
specieslongirostris(Kaup 1832)

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.

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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: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:21:50
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:21:50
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MN 7 + 8 to the top of the Pliocene or 12.75000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Portugal Tetralophodon longirostris (200324)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Moldova (Chișinău) Tetralophodon longirostris (210536)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Tunisia (Gafsa) Tetralophodon longirostris (35277)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Romania (Vaslui) Tetralophodon longirostris (197472)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain Tetralophodon longirostris (78058)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Spain (Segovia) Tetralophodon longirostris (40768)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) Mastodon longirostris (75794 75797)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Ukraine (Izmail) Mastodon longirostris (76313)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Ukraine (Crimea) Tetralophodon longirostris (85514)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) Tetralophodon longirostris (206345)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Austria (Niederösterreich) Mastodon longirostris (45042 45044)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Moldova Mastodon longirostris (75802 75803) Tetralophodon longirostris (152254)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Georgia Mastodon longirostris (73901)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Ukraine Mastodon longirostris (75089 75800 76299)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Ukraine Mastodon longirostris (76553)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Kassandra) Tetralophodon longirostris (202330 202500 202501)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Tetralophodon longirostris (75481)
MN 109.67 - 8.725Türkiye (Thrace) Tetralophodon longirostris (67661)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Georgia Mastodon sp. (75087)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Bulgaria Tetralophodon longirostris (215636)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ukraine (Odessa) Tetralophodon longirostris (76502)