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Mastotherium hyodon

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy

Mastotherium hyodon was named by Fischer (1814) [mastodonte de cordilleres (by Cuvier, 1806)]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Cisneros (2005); it was recombined as Cuvieronius hyodon by Marshall and Sempere (1991), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Christiansen (2007), Lucas (2008) and Mothé et al. (2016).

Synonyms

Mastodon andium was named by Cuvier (1805).

It was recombined as Tetrabelodon andium by Cope (1884); it was synonymized subjectively with Cuvieronius hyodon by Shoshani and Tassy (1996) and Christiansen (2007); it was synonymized objectively with Mastotherium hyodon by Mothé et al. (2017).
Mastodon humboldtii was named by Cuvier (1805).

It was recombined as Dibelodon humboldtii by Cope (1893); it was recombined as Mammut humboldii by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Cuvieronius humboldti by Frick (1933); it was synonymized subjectively with Cuvieronius hyodon by Shoshani and Tassy (1996) and Christiansen (2007).
Dibelodon andium was named by Cuvier (1805). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mastodon andium by Cuvier (1824).
Mastodon australis was named by Owen (1844).

It was synonymized subjectively with Mastodon andium by Ameghino (1889).
Mastodon cordillerarum was named by Desmarest (1822).

It was synonymized subjectively with Mastodon andium by Ameghino (1889).
Mastodon bolivianus was named by Philippi (1893). It is not a trace fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cuvieronius hyodon by Marshall and Salinas Z (1991).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1805	Dibelodon andium Cuvier
1805	Mastodon andium Cuvier
1805	Mastodon humboldtii Cuvier
1814	Mastotherium hyodon Fischer
1822	Mastodon cordillerarum Desmarest
1844	Mastodon australis Owen
1873	Mastodon andium Leidy p. 231
1884	Tetrabelodon andium Cope
1886	Mastodon cordillerum Lydekker
1893	Dibelodon humboldtii Cope p. 60
1893	Mastodon bolivianus Philippi figs. Fig. 2
1902	Mammut humboldii Hay p. 710
1926	Mastodon andium Oliver Schneider p. 150
1933	Cuvieronius humboldti Frick p. 629
1991	Cuvieronius hyodon Marshall and Sempere
1996	Cuvieronius hyodon Shoshani and Tassy
2007	Cuvieronius hyodon Christiansen p. 425
2008	Cuvieronius hyodon Lucas
2016	Cuvieronius hyodon Mothé et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Afrotheria	Stanhope et al. 1998
—	Tethytheria
order	Proboscidea	()
family	Gomphotheriidae	Hay 1922
genus	Mastotherium	Fischer 1814
species	hyodon	Fischer 1814

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.

†Mastotherium hyodon Fischer 1814

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Invalid names: Mastodon andium Cuvier 1805 [objective synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available