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Mammuthus trogontherii

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Elephas trogontherii was named by Pohlig (1885).

It was recombined as Mammuthus trogontherii by Palombo (2005), Athanassiou (2012).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Elephas trogontherii Pohlig
1888Elephas trogontherii Pohlig
2005Mammuthus trogontherii Palombo p. 107
2012Mammuthus trogontherii Athanassiou

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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
speciestrogontherii(Pohlig 1885)

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 trogontherii Pohlig 1885
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available