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Rhynchotherium simpsoni

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchotherium simpsoni was named by Olsen (1957) [not the same as Trilophodon simpsoni].

It was synonymized subjectively with Rhynchotherium euhyphodon by Webb and Tessman (1968) and Miller (1980); it was synonymized subjectively with Rhynchotherium blicki by Lambert and Shoshani (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Rhynchotherium simpsoni Olsen
1996Rhynchotherium simpsoni 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()
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
speciessimpsoni

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