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Cuvieronius tropicus

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Dibelodon tropicus was named by Cope (1884) [may be a nomen dubium, see Lucas and Morgan 1996]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tequixquiac, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in Mexico.

It was recombined as Mastodon tropicus by Felix and Lenk (1891); it was recombined as Mammut tropicum by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Cordillerion tropicus by Osborn (1942); it was recombined as Cuvieronius tropicus by Osborn (1936), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Montellano (2002) and Cisneros (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Dibelodon tropicus Cope p. 7
1891Mastodon tropicus Felix and Lenk
1893Mastodon oligobunis Cope
1893Dibelodon tropicus Cope p. 62
1902Mammut tropicum Hay p. 712
1926Cordillerion defloccatus Hay
1926Cordillerion orarius Hay
1929Cuvieronius oligobunis Cabrera
1936Cordillerion oligobunis Osborn
1936Cuvieronius tropicus Osborn
1942Cordillerion oligobunis Osborn
1942Cordillerion tropicus Osborn
1965Cuvieronius oligobunis Alvarez
1978Cuvieronius oligobunis Ferrusquia
1987Cuvieronius oligobunis Carranza-Castaneda and Miller p. 337
1996Cuvieronius tropicus Shoshani and Tassy
2002Cuvieronius tropicus Montellano
2005Cuvieronius tropicus Cisneros p. 246

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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
genusCuvieronius
speciestropicus()

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.

Cuvieronius tropicus Cope 1884
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Invalid names: Cordillerion defloccatus Hay 1926 [synonym], Cordillerion orarius Hay 1926 [synonym], Mastodon oligobunis Cope 1893 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available