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Gomphotherium shensiensis

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Gomphotherium shensiensis was named by Chang and Zhai (1978). Its type specimen is IVPP V3084 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shilihe River (locality 64008), Niujiakou, Lantian, Shaanxi, which is in the Serravallian of sandstone/mudstone the Lengshuigou Formation China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. subtapiroideum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Gomphotherium shensiensis Chang and Zhai p. 139–140 figs. Pl. 21:2

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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
genusGomphotheriumBurmeister 1837
speciesshensiensis

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.

†Gomphotherium shensiensis Chang and Zhai 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:16:35
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:16:35
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lambert and Shoshani 1998

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.44000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shaanxi) Gomphotherium shensiensis (41811)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62China (shaanxi) Gomphotherium shensiensis (type locality: 42753)