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Zygolophodon

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Mastodon (Zygolophodon) Vacek p. 45
1922Miomastodon Osborn
1926Turicius Osborn p. 3
1980Zygolophodon Madden p. 59
1988Miomastodon Carroll
1988Zygolophodon Carroll
1996Zygolophodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 352
1997Zygolophodon McKenna and Bell p. 499
1998Zygolophodon Lambert and Shoshani p. 610
2002Zygolophodon Sanders and Miller p. 397
2005Zygolophodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2
2010Zygolophodon Sanders et al. p. 187
2023Zygolophodon Zhang et al. p. 144
2023Miomastodon Zhang et al. p. 147

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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
genusZygolophodon(Vacek 1877)

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