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Konobelodon britti

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Amebelodon (Konobelodon) britti was named by Lambert (1990). Its type specimen is UF 70000, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Moss Acres Racetrack, which is in a Hemphillian pond claystone in the Alachua Formation of Florida. It is the type species of Amebelodon (Konobelodon).

It was recombined as Konobelodon britti by Konidaris et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Amebelodon (Konobelodon) britti Lambert p. 1034
2014Konobelodon britti Konidaris et al. p. 1441

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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
genusKonobelodon()
speciesbritti()

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.

†Konobelodon britti Lambert 1990
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. D. Lambert 1990Internal lamination absent from lower tusks, both cortex and medulla solidly filled with dentinal rods; first molar tetralophodont.
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Hemphillian or 10.30000 to 4.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Amebelodon fricki (type locality: 18564)