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Rhynchotherium euhyphodon

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Mastodon euhyphodon was named by Cope (1884).

It was recombined as Mammut euhypodon by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Blickotherium euhyphodon by Osborn (1942); it was recombined as Rhynchotherium euhyphodon by Webb and Tessman (1968); it was considered a nomen dubium by Tobien (1973) and Shoshani and Tassy (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Mastodon euhyphodon Cope
1902Mammut euhypodon Hay p. 710
1942Blickotherium euhyphodon Osborn
1968Rhynchotherium euhyphodon Webb and Tessman

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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
specieseuhyphodon(Cope 1884)

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