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Rhynchotherium blicki

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Blickotherium blicki was named by Frick (1933) [genotype]. Its type specimen is AMNH F:A.M.27062, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tepusuna Hill, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Gracias Formation of Honduras. It is the type species of Blickotherium.

It was recombined as Gomphotherium blicki by Tobien (1973); it was recombined as Rhynchotherium blicki by Webb and Tessman (1968), Webb and Perrigo (1984), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Lambert and Shoshani (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Rhynchotherium tlascalae Falconer
1933Rhynchotherium tlascalae Frick p. 525
1933Blickotherium blicki Frick p. 529
1968Rhynchotherium blicki Webb and Tessman
1973Gomphotherium blicki Tobien
1984Rhynchotherium blicki Webb and Perrigo
1990Rhynchotherium tlascalae Miller
1996Rhynchotherium blicki Shoshani and Tassy
1998Rhynchotherium blicki Lambert and Shoshani

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
genusRhynchotheriumFalconer 1868
speciesblicki()

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.

Rhynchotherium blicki Frick 1933
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Invalid names: Rhynchotherium tlascalae Falconer 1868 [synonym], Trilophodon edensis Frick 1921 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available