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Mammutoidea (disused)
Taxonomy
Mammutoidea was named as a suborder.
It was reranked as the superfamily Mammutoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997), Lambert and Shoshani (1998) and Shoshani and Tassy (2005).
It was assigned to Proboscidea by Maglio (1973); to Proboscidea by Carroll (1988); to Proboscidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Elephantoidea by Lambert and Shoshani (1998); and to Mammutida by Shoshani and Tassy (2005).
It was reranked as the superfamily Mammutoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997), Lambert and Shoshani (1998) and Shoshani and Tassy (2005).
It was assigned to Proboscidea by Maglio (1973); to Proboscidea by Carroll (1988); to Proboscidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Elephantoidea by Lambert and Shoshani (1998); and to Mammutida by Shoshani and Tassy (2005).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1973 | Mammutoidea Maglio |
1988 | Mammutoidea Carroll |
1997 | Mammutoidea McKenna and Bell p. 499 |
1998 | Mammutoidea Lambert and Shoshani p. 608 |
2005 | Mammutoidea Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2 |
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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.
Superfm. †Mammutoidea
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available