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Gomphotherium

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Gomphotherium Burmeister
1857Trilophodon Falconer
1877Mastodon (Trilophodon) Lydekker
1880Mastodon (Trilophodon) Lydekker
1884Tetrabelodon Cope
1917Genomastodon Barbour
1921Trilophodon (Tetrabelodon) Frick p. 405
1923Serridentinus Osborn
1933Ocalientinus Frick p. 579
1933Trobelodon Frick p. 580
1933Tatabelodon Frick p. 581
1950Gomphotherium Gazin and Collins p. 7
1953Trilophodon Bergounioux et al. p. 29
1981Gomphotherium Qiu et al.
1988Gomphotherium Carroll
1996Gomphotherium Shoshani and Tassy p. 352
1997Gomphotherium McKenna and Bell p. 500
1998Gomphotherium Lambert and Shoshani p. 610
2001Gomphotherium Sach and Heizmann p. 40
2002Gomphotherium Sanders and Miller p. 389
2005Gomphotherium Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2
2007Gomphotherium Lambert p. 681
2010Gomphotherium Sanders et al. p. 196
2011Gomphotherium Boessenecker p. 2
2016Gomphotherium Mothé et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
genusGomphotheriumBurmeister 1837

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.

G. †Gomphotherium Burmeister 1837
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Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837
Gomphotherium connexus Hopwood 1935
Gomphotherium ngorora Maglio 1974
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Invalid names: Gomphotherium pojoaquense Frick 1926 [synonym], Mastodon serridens Cope 1884 [synonym], Megabelodon minor Mawby 1968 [synonym], Ocalientinus ojocaliensis Frick 1933 [synonym], Tetrabelodon lulli Barbour 1914 [synonym], Trilophodon cruziensis Frick 1933 [synonym], Trilophodon joraki Frick 1933 [synonym], Trilophodon phippsi Cook 1928 [synonym]
Gomphotherium pygmaeus Depéret 1897
Gomphotherium shensiensis Chang and Zhai 1978
Gomphotherium wimani Hopwood 1935
Invalid names: Genomastodon Barbour 1917 [synonym], Ocalientinus Frick 1933 [synonym], Serridentinus Osborn 1923 [synonym], Tatabelodon Frick 1933 [synonym], Tetrabelodon Cope 1884 [synonym], Trilophodon Falconer 1857 [synonym], Trobelodon Frick 1933 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available