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Zygolophodon
Taxonomy
Mastodon (Zygolophodon) was named by Vacek (1877).
It was reranked as Zygolophodon by Madden (1980), Carroll (1988), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997), Lambert and Shoshani (1998), Sanders and Miller (2002), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Sanders et al. (2010) and Zhang et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Mastodon by Vacek (1877); to Palaeomastodontidae by Madden (1980); to Mastodontidae by Shoshani and Tassy (1996); to Mammutinae by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Shoshani and Tassy (2005); and to Mammutidae by Carroll (1988), Lambert and Shoshani (1998), Sanders and Miller (2002), Sanders et al. (2010) and Zhang et al. (2023).
It was reranked as Zygolophodon by Madden (1980), Carroll (1988), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997), Lambert and Shoshani (1998), Sanders and Miller (2002), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Sanders et al. (2010) and Zhang et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Mastodon by Vacek (1877); to Palaeomastodontidae by Madden (1980); to Mastodontidae by Shoshani and Tassy (1996); to Mammutinae by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Shoshani and Tassy (2005); and to Mammutidae by Carroll (1988), Lambert and Shoshani (1998), Sanders and Miller (2002), Sanders et al. (2010) and Zhang et al. (2023).
Subtaxa
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1877 | Mastodon (Zygolophodon) Vacek p. 45 |
1922 | Miomastodon Osborn |
1926 | Turicius Osborn p. 3 |
1980 | Zygolophodon Madden p. 59 |
1988 | Miomastodon Carroll |
1988 | Zygolophodon Carroll |
1996 | Zygolophodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 352 |
1997 | Zygolophodon McKenna and Bell p. 499 |
1998 | Zygolophodon Lambert and Shoshani p. 610 |
2002 | Zygolophodon Sanders and Miller p. 397 |
2005 | Zygolophodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2 |
2010 | Zygolophodon Sanders et al. p. 187 |
2023 | Zygolophodon Zhang et al. p. 144 |
2023 | Miomastodon Zhang et al. p. 147 |
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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. †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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available