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Prodeinotherium bavaricum

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae

Taxonomy
Deinotherium bavaricum was named by von Meyer (1831). Its type specimen is BSP AS I 220, a tooth (lower p3 dext.), and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Prodeinotherium bavaricum by Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Huttunen and Göhlich (2002) and Aiglstorfer et al. (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Deinotherium bavaricum von Meyer
1832Deinotherium cuvieri Kaup p. 2
1836Dinotherium secundarium Lartet p. 218
1930Prodeinotherium hungaricum Ehik
1961Dinotherium bavaricum Bergounioux and Crouzel p. 512
1996Prodeinotherium bavaricum Shoshani and Tassy p. 355 figs. Appendix C.1
2002Prodeinotherium bavaricum Huttunen and Göhlich p. 491
2014Prodeinotherium bavaricum Aiglstorfer et al.
2014Prodeinotherium cuvieri Aiglstorfer et al.

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyDeinotheriidaeBonaparte 1845
genusProdeinotheriumEhik 1930
speciesbavaricum(von Meyer 1831)

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.

Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831
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Invalid names: Dinotherium secundarium Lartet 1836 [synonym], Prodeinotherium cuvieri Kaup 1832 [synonym], Prodeinotherium hungaricum Ehik 1930 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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