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Pediolophodon campester

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Tetralophodon campester was named by Cope (1877) [misattributed to Osborn 1936 by Lambert 2007 misattributed to Osborn 1936 by Lambert 2007 mandible of type is said by Lambert to be edentulous, but Cope describes the lower molars in detail]. Its type specimen is AMNH 8527, a partial skull (palate with M3, M2, upper tusk, and edentuluous partial lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Mammut campestre by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Pediolophodon campester by Lambert (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Tetralophodon campester Cope p. 224
1902Mammut campestre Hay p. 710
1936Tetralophodon campester Osborn
2007Pediolophodon campester Lambert p. 677

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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()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
genusPediolophodon
speciescampester()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available