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Gomphotherium rugosidens

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Mastodon rugosidens was named by Leidy (1890).

It was recombined as Mammut rugosidens by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Serridentinus rugosidens by Simpson (1930); it was recombined as Gomphotherium rugosidens by Allen (1926) and Tobien (1972).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Mastodon rugosidens Leidy
1902Mammut rugosidens Hay p. 712
1926Gomphotherium rugosidens Allen
1930Serridentinus rugosidens Simpson
1972Gomphotherium rugosidens Tobien

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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
genusGomphotheriumBurmeister 1837
speciesrugosidens(Leidy 1890)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available