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Mammuthus primigenius (wooly mammoth)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Elephas primigenius was named by Blumenbach (1799). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Mammonteus primigenius by Osborn (1924) and Osborn (1942); it was recombined as Mammuthus primigenius by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Agenbroad (2005), Palombo (2005), Rogaev et al. (2006), Christiansen (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. armeniacus, M. gromovi, M. paramammonteus, M. planifrons, M. weifangensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Elephas primigenius Blumenbach
1803Elephas primigenius Blumenbach
1850Elephas primigenius Mantell p. 168
1860Elephas primigenius Nordmann p. 278
1889Elephas primigenius Cope p. 196
1902Elephas primigenius Hay p. 713
1924Elephas boreus Hay
1924Mammonteus primigenius Osborn
1942Mammonteus primigenius Osborn
1980Mammuthus primigenius Kurten and Anderson p. 353
1996Mammuthus primigenius Shoshani and Tassy
2005Mammuthus primigenius Agenbroad p. 74
2005Mammuthus primigenius Palombo p. 107
2006Mammuthus primigenius Rogaev et al.
2007Mammuthus primigenius Christiansen p. 425

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
superfamilyElephantoidea
familyElephantidae
subfamilyElephantinaeGray 1821
tribeElephantiniGray 1821
genusMammuthusBrookes 1828
speciesprimigenius(Blumenbach 1799)

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.

†Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach 1799 [wooly mammoth]
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Invalid names: Elephas boreus Hay 1924 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available