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Mammut borsoni

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae

Taxonomy
Mastodon borsoni was named by Hays (1834) [possibly not the original combination].

It was synonymized subjectively with Zygolophodon tapiroides by Madden (1980); it was recombined as Mammut borsoni by Lacombat et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Mastodon borsoni Hays
1922Mastodon borsoni Osborn p. 437
2008Mammut borsoni Lacombat et al.

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
ElephantimorphaTassy and Shoshani 1997
MammutidaTassy and Shoshani 1997
familyMammutidaeHay 1922
genusMammutBlumenbach 1799
speciesborsoni(Hays 1834)

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.

Mammut borsoni Hays 1834
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available