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Sinomastodon

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Sinomastodon was named by Tobien et al. (1986).

It was assigned to Rhynchotheriinae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Gomphotheriidae by Shoshani and Tassy (1996) and Shoshani and Tassy (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Sinomastodon Tobien et al.
1996Sinomastodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 352
1997Sinomastodon McKenna and Bell p. 502
2005Sinomastodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2

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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
genusSinomastodonTobien et al. 1986

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.

G. †Sinomastodon Tobien et al. 1986
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Sinomastodon bumiajuensis van der Maarel 1932
Sinomastodon yangziensis Wang et al. 2014
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:21:50
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:21:50
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Yunnan) S. sp. (230332)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima) S. sp. (144187)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) S. yangziensis (214689)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Guangxi) S. sp. (230325)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia Mastodon bumiajuensis (93517) S. bumiajuensis (93519)