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Mammutidae (mastodon)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Mammutidae Hay
1973Mammutidae Maglio
1980Mammutidae Kurten and Anderson p. 343
1987Mammutidae Miller p. 171
1988Mammutidae Carroll
1989Mammutidae Shoshani et al. p. 436
1993Mammutidae Abraczinskas p. 345
1996Mammutidae Shoshani and Tassy p. 352
1997Mammutidae McKenna and Bell p. 499
1998Mammutidae Lambert and Shoshani p. 608
2002Mammutidae Sanders and Miller p. 397
2003Mammutidae Pickford p. 209
2005Mammutidae Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2
2006Mammutidae Shoshani et al. p. 17300
2010Mammutidae Sanders et al. p. 185
2023Mammutidae Zhang et al. p. 144

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
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
familyMammutidaeHay 1922

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.

Fm. †Mammutidae Hay 1922 [mastodon]
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G. †Eozygodon Tassy and Pickford 1983
G. †Losodokodon Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009
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Losodokodon losodokius Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009
G. †Mammut Blumenbach 1799 [mastodon]
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Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 [American mastodon]
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Invalid names: Elephas americanus De Kay 1842 [synonym], Mammut ohioticum Blumenbach 1797 [synonym], Mammut progenium Hay 1914 [synonym], Mastodon giganteum Cuvier 1817 [synonym], Pliomastodon adamsi Hibbard 1944 [synonym], Tapirus mastodontoides Harlan 1825 [synonym], Tetracaulodon mastodontoideum Godman 1830 [synonym]
Mammut borsoni Hays 1834
Mammut cosoensis Schultz 1937
Mammut floridanum Leidy 1886
Mammut furlongi Shotwell and Russell 1963
Mammut matthewi Osborn 1921
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Invalid names: Mammut nevadanus [synonym], Pliomastodon sellardsi Simpson 1930 [synonym], Pliomastodon vexillarius Matthew 1930 [synonym]
Mammut pacificus Dooley et al. 2019
Invalid names: Leviathan Koch 1841 [synonym], Mastodon Cuvier 1817 [synonym], Missourium Koch 1840 [synonym], Pliomastodon Osborn 1926 [synonym], Tetracaulodon Godman 1830 [synonym]
G. †Sinomammut Mothé et al. 2016
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G. †Zygolophodon Vacek 1877
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Zygolophodon aegyptensis Sanders and Miller 2002
Zygolophodon morotoensis Pickford and Tassy 1980
Zygolophodon tapiroides Cuvier 1824
Zygolophodon turicensis Schintz 1824
Invalid names: Miomastodon Osborn 1922 [synonym], Turicius Osborn 1926 [synonym]
Invalid names: Eozygodontinae McKenna and Bell 1997 [empty], Mammutinae Hay 1922 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available