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Mammuthus columbi (Columbian mammoth)
Taxonomy
Elephas columbi was named by Falconer (1857). It is not extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Elephas americanus by Leidy (1873); it was recombined as Elephas primigenius columbii by Cope (1893); it was recombined as Euelephas columbi by Osborn (1918); it was recombined as Parelephas columbi by Osborn (1924) and Osborn (1942); it was recombined as Mammuthus (Parelephas) columbi by Haury et al. (1953); it was recombined as Mammuthus columbi by Hibbard (1955), Hibbard (1955), Hibbard and Taylor (1960), Aguirre (1969), Lundelius (1972), Maglio (1973), Puckette and Scholtz (1974), Miller (1976), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hulbert and Pratt (1998), Larson (1999) and Agenbroad (2005).
It was synonymized subjectively with Elephas americanus by Leidy (1873); it was recombined as Elephas primigenius columbii by Cope (1893); it was recombined as Euelephas columbi by Osborn (1918); it was recombined as Parelephas columbi by Osborn (1924) and Osborn (1942); it was recombined as Mammuthus (Parelephas) columbi by Haury et al. (1953); it was recombined as Mammuthus columbi by Hibbard (1955), Hibbard (1955), Hibbard and Taylor (1960), Aguirre (1969), Lundelius (1972), Maglio (1973), Puckette and Scholtz (1974), Miller (1976), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hulbert and Pratt (1998), Larson (1999) and Agenbroad (2005).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1838 | Elephas jacksoni Mather |
1857 | Elephas columbi Falconer |
1858 | Elephas (Euelephas) imperator Leidy p. 29 |
1893 | Elephas primigenius columbii Cope p. 897 |
1902 | Elephas columbi Hay p. 713 |
1918 | Euelephas columbi Osborn |
1918 | Euelephas imperator Osborn |
1922 | Elephas roosevelti Hay |
1922 | Elephas jeffersonii Osborn |
1923 | Elephas washingtonii Osborn |
1924 | Archidiskodon imperator Osborn |
1924 | Parelephas columbi Osborn |
1924 | Parelephas jeffersonii Osborn |
1925 | Elephas maibeni Barbour |
1926 | Elephas eellsi Hay |
1929 | Archidiskodon sonoriensis Osborn |
1929 | Elephas floridanus Osborn |
1931 | Elephas columbi Elftman p. 12 |
1933 | Archidiskodon imperator Frick p. 633 |
1942 | Parelephas columbi Osborn |
1942 | Parelephas floridanus Osborn |
1942 | Parelephas jacksoni Osborn |
1942 | Parelephas jeffersonii Osborn |
1942 | Parelephas progressus Osborn |
1942 | Parelephas roosevelti Osborn |
1942 | Parelephas washingtonii Osborn |
1953 | Mammuthus (Archidiskodon) imperator Haury et al. p. 21 |
1953 | Mammuthus (Parelephas) columbi Haury et al. p. 21 |
1955 | Mammuthus columbi Hibbard |
1960 | Mammuthus columbi Hibbard and Taylor |
1967 | Mammuthus jeffersoni Wilson p. 214 |
1969 | Mammuthus columbi Aguirre |
1969 | Mammuthus imperator Aguirre |
1972 | Mammuthus columbi Lundelius, Jr. |
1973 | Mammuthus columbi Maglio |
1973 | Mammuthus imperator Maglio |
1974 | Mammuthus columbi Puckette and Scholtz p. 55 |
1974 | Mammuthus imperator Puckette and Scholtz p. 55 |
1974 | Mammuthus jeffersoni Puckette and Scholtz p. 55 |
1976 | Mammuthus columbi Miller |
1976 | Mammuthus imperator Miller |
1980 | Mammuthus columbi Kurten and Anderson p. 351 |
1980 | Mammuthus jeffersonii Kurten and Anderson p. 352 |
1981 | Mammuthus jacksoni Madden |
1981 | Elephas columbi Thurmond and Jones p. 181 |
1983 | Mammuthus imperator Madden |
1986 | Mammuthus imperator Madden |
1992 | Mammuthus imperator Dalquest and Schultz |
1996 | Mammuthus imperator Shoshani and Tassy |
1998 | Mammuthus columbi Hulbert, Jr. and Pratt |
1999 | Mammuthus columbi Larson p. 532 |
2005 | Mammuthus columbi Agenbroad p. 74 |
2007 | Mammuthus imperator Christiansen p. 425 |
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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.
†Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 [Columbian mammoth]
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Invalid names: Elephas eellsi Hay 1926 [synonym], Elephas floridanus Osborn 1929 [synonym], Elephas jacksoni Mather 1838 [synonym], Elephas jeffersonii Osborn 1922 [synonym], Elephas maibeni Barbour 1925 [synonym], Elephas roosevelti Hay 1922 [synonym], Elephas washingtonii Osborn 1923 [synonym], Mammuthus imperator Leidy 1858 [synonym], Parelephas progressus Osborn 1942 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available