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Amebelodon
Taxonomy
Amebelodon was named by Barbour (1927). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Amebelodontina by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Gomphotheriidae by Barbour (1927), Carroll (1988), Lambert (1990), Lambert and Shoshani (1998) and Geraads et al. (2005); and to Amebelodontinae by Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Sanders et al. (2010) and Wang et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Amebelodontina by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Gomphotheriidae by Barbour (1927), Carroll (1988), Lambert (1990), Lambert and Shoshani (1998) and Geraads et al. (2005); and to Amebelodontinae by Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Sanders et al. (2010) and Wang et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1927 | Amebelodon Barbour |
| 1988 | Amebelodon Carroll |
| 1990 | Amebelodon Lambert p. 1033 |
| 1996 | Amebelodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 352 |
| 1997 | Amebelodon McKenna and Bell p. 501 |
| 1998 | Amebelodon Lambert and Shoshani p. 613 |
| 2005 | Amebelodon Geraads et al. p. 530 |
| 2005 | Amebelodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2 |
| 2010 | Amebelodon Sanders et al. p. 202 |
| 2017 | Amebelodon Wang et al. p. 613 |
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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.
G. †Amebelodon Barbour 1927
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Subg. †Amebelodon (Amebelodon) Barbour 1927
†Amebelodon floridanus Leidy 1886
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Invalid names: Amebelodon sinclairi Barbour 1930 [synonym], Trilophodon hicksi Cook 1922 [synonym], Trilophodon paladentatus Cook 1922 [synonym]
†Amebelodon fricki Barbour 1927
†Amebelodon grandincisivus Schlesinger 1917
†Amebelodon joraki Frick 1933
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the MN 10 to the top of the Clarendonian or 9.70000 to 9.40000 Ma
Collections (23 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miocene | USA (Nebraska) | A. sp. (18029) | |
| Miocene | USA (Florida) | A. sp. (18531) Serridentinus floridanus (18530) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (South Dakota) | A. sp. (18063 18470) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | A. sp. (18054) | |
| Clarendonian - Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | A. fricki (18305) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Florida) | Serridentinus floridanus (18505) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Kansas) | A. sp. (18448) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Colorado) | A. hicksi (18495) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Florida) | A. floridanus (26549) A. sp. (18560 18563) Mastodon floridanus (216990) Serridentinus floridanus (18529) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Idaho) | A. floridanus (19085) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | A. fricki (18086) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Oregon) | A. sp. (18806) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Oklahoma) | A. sp. (170197) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Texas) | A. fricki (18072) A. hicksi (18198) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Montana) | A. hicksi (18870) | |
| MN 10 | Turkey (Thrace) | A. grandincisivus (67661) |