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Mammuthus exilis (pygmy mammoth)
Taxonomy
Elephas exilis was named by Maglio (1970). It is not extant.
It was recombined as Archidiskodon exilis by Osborn (1942); it was synonymized subjectively with Mammuthus jeffersonii by Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was recombined as Mammuthus exilis by Shoshani and Tassy (1996) and Agenbroad (2005).
It was recombined as Archidiskodon exilis by Osborn (1942); it was synonymized subjectively with Mammuthus jeffersonii by Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was recombined as Mammuthus exilis by Shoshani and Tassy (1996) and Agenbroad (2005).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1928 | Elephas exilis Stock and Furlong |
| 1942 | Archidiskodon exilis Osborn |
| 1970 | Elephas exilis Maglio |
| 1996 | Mammuthus exilis Shoshani and Tassy |
| 2005 | Mammuthus exilis Agenbroad p. 74 |
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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.
†Mammuthus exilis Maglio 1970 [pygmy mammoth]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden and Cerling 1996 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.12900 to 0.01200 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Mammuthus exilis (84901) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Mammuthus exilis (92951) |