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Torynobelodon

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Torynobelodon was named by Barbour (1929). It is not extant. Its type is Torynobelodon loomisi.

It was synonymized subjectively with Platybelodon by Barbour (1932) and Shoshani and Tassy (1996); it was synonymized subjectively with Amebelodon by Gregory (1945).

It was assigned to Gomphotheriidae by Barbour (1929), Osborn (1936), Tobien (1972), Lambert (1990), Thomasson et al. (1990) and Lambert and Shoshani (1998); and to Platybelodontinae by Wang et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Torynobelodon Barbour
1936Torynobelodon Osborn
1972Torynobelodon Tobien
1990Torynobelodon Lambert
1990Torynobelodon Thomasson et al.
1998Torynobelodon Lambert and Shoshani p. 614
2017Torynobelodon Wang et al. p. 613

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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
genusTorynobelodon

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. †Torynobelodon Barbour 1929
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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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002
Collections
No collection or age range data are available