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Plesielephantiformes

Mammalia - Proboscidea

Taxonomy
Plesielephantiformes was named by Shoshani (2001).

It was assigned to Proboscidea by Shoshani and Tassy (2005); and to Proboscidea by Sanders et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Plesielephantiformes Shoshani
2005Plesielephantiformes Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2
2010Plesielephantiformes Sanders et al. p. 164

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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()
PlesielephantiformesShoshani 2001
PlesielephantiformesShoshani 2001

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.

Unr. †Plesielephantiformes Shoshani 2001
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Fm. †Phosphatheriidae Gheerbrandt et al. 2005
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G. †Phosphatherium Gheerbrant et al. 1996
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Phosphatherium escuilliei Gheerbrant et al. 1996
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available