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Cuvieronius priestleyi

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Gomphotherium priestleyi was named by Hay and Cook (1930). Its type specimen is DMNS 1062, a tooth (tooth is taken to be the lower right second molar), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Stegomastodon priestleyi by Dalquest (1977); it was recombined as Cuvieronius priestleyi by Madden (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Gomphotherium priestleyi Hay and Cook p. 31 figs. Plate XII, figures 2, 3
1977Stegomastodon priestleyi Dalquest
1983Cuvieronius priestleyi Madden

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
speciespriestleyi()

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 priestleyi Hay and Cook 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available