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Mammut matthewi

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae

Taxonomy
Mastodon matthewi was named by Osborn (1921). Its type locality is Aphelops Draw Quarries, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Snake Creek Formation of Nebraska.

It was recombined as Miomastodon matthewi by Osborn (1922) and Osborn (1942); it was recombined as Pliomastodon matthewi by Osborn (1926) and Matthew (1930); it was recombined as Mammut matthewi by Shoshani and Tassy (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. pentilicus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Mastodon matthewi Osborn
1922Miomastodon matthewi Osborn
1926Pliomastodon matthewi Osborn
1930Pliomastodon matthewi Matthew
1930Pliomastodon vexillarius Matthew
1930Pliomastodon sellardsi Simpson
1942Miomastodon matthewi Osborn
1987Pliomastodon nevadanus Tedford et al.
1996Mammut matthewi Shoshani and Tassy

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
—ElephantimorphaTassy and Shoshani 1997
—MammutidaTassy and Shoshani 1997
familyMammutidaeHay 1922
genusMammutBlumenbach 1799
speciesmatthewi()

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.

†Mammut matthewi Osborn 1921
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Invalid names: Mammut nevadanus [synonym], Pliomastodon sellardsi Simpson 1930 [synonym], Pliomastodon vexillarius Matthew 1930 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available