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Progomphotherium

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Progomphotherium Pickford p. 210
2010Progomphotherium Sanders et al. p. 198
2017Progomphotherium Wang et al. p. 611

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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
subfamilyAmebelodontinae
genusProgomphotherium

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. †Progomphotherium Pickford 2003
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Progomphotherium maraisi Pickford 2003
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: Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.03000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Namibia P. maraisi (70420)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Uganda Gomphotheriidae indet. (28293)