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Rhynchotherium falconeri

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchotherium falconeri was named by Osborn (1923).

It was synonymized subjectively with Rhynchotherium praecursor by Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Rhynchotherium falconeri Osborn
1936Rhynchotherium browni Osborn
1990Rhynchotherium falconeri Miller
1996Rhynchotherium falconeri Shoshani and Tassy
2019Rhynchotherium falconeri Albright et al. p. 193

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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
genusRhynchotheriumFalconer 1868
speciesfalconeri

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 falconeri Osborn 1923
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Invalid names: Rhynchotherium browni Osborn 1936 [synonym], Trilophodon edensis Frick 1921 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available