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Telmatheriina
Taxonomy
Telmatheriinae was named by Osborn (1914).
It was reranked as the subtribe Telmatheriina by Mihlbachler (2008).
It was assigned to Brontotheridae by Prothero and Schoch (1989); and to Brontotheriini by Mihlbachler (2008).
It was reranked as the subtribe Telmatheriina by Mihlbachler (2008).
It was assigned to Brontotheridae by Prothero and Schoch (1989); and to Brontotheriini by Mihlbachler (2008).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1914 | Telmatheriinae Osborn p. 403 |
1943 | Metatelmatheriinae Granger and Gregory |
1978 | Metatelmatheriinae Wang p. 118 |
1989 | Telmatheriinae Prothero and Schoch p. 536 |
1997 | Metatelmatheriinae Wang and Wang |
2008 | Telmatheriina Mihlbachler p. 410 |
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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.
Subtr. †Telmatheriina Osborn 1914
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Invalid names: Metatelmatheriinae Granger and Gregory 1943 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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W. Granger and W. K. Gregory 1943 (Metatelmatheriinae) | Skull mesaticephalic, zygomata sharply decurved and widely spreading in middle; naso-frontal horn swellings absent or feebly developed; sagittalcrestundivided; thirdupperand lower molars short and broad, P3, P4 relativelywide. |