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Stegomastodon mirificus
Taxonomy
Mastodon (Tetralophodon) mirificus was named by Leidy (1858). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Niobrara River (coll. Hayden 1857), which is in a Barstovian/Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Loup Fork Formation of Nebraska.
It was recombined as Rhabdobunus mirificus by Hay (1914); it was recombined as Tetralophodon mirificus by Osborn (1918); it was recombined as Stegomastodon mirificus by Pohlig (1912), Matthew (1918), Osborn (1924), Hibbard (1951), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Repenning et al. (1995), Shoshani and Tassy (1996) and Zurita et al. (2004).
It was recombined as Rhabdobunus mirificus by Hay (1914); it was recombined as Tetralophodon mirificus by Osborn (1918); it was recombined as Stegomastodon mirificus by Pohlig (1912), Matthew (1918), Osborn (1924), Hibbard (1951), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Repenning et al. (1995), Shoshani and Tassy (1996) and Zurita et al. (2004).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1858 | Mastodon (Tetralophodon) mirificus Leidy p. 28 |
1892 | Mastodon successor Cope |
1912 | Stegomastodon mirificus Pohlig |
1914 | Rhabdobunus mirificus Hay |
1918 | Stegomastodon mirificus Matthew |
1918 | Tetralophodon mirificus Osborn |
1924 | Stegomastodon mirificus Osborn p. 3 |
1924 | Stegomastodon texanus Osborn p. 3 |
1926 | Stegomastodon arizonae Gidley |
1936 | Stegomastodon successor Osborn |
1949 | Stegomastodon successor Hibbard and Riggs |
1951 | Stegomastodon mirificus Hibbard |
1961 | Stegomastodon rexroadensis Woodburne |
1980 | Stegomastodon mirificus Kurten and Anderson p. 346 |
1995 | Stegomastodon mirificus Repenning et al. |
1996 | Stegomastodon mirificus Shoshani and Tassy |
2004 | Stegomastodon mirificus Zurita et al. |
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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.
†Stegomastodon mirificus Leidy 1858
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Invalid names: Mastodon successor Cope 1892 [synonym], Stegomastodon arizonae Gidley 1926 [synonym], Stegomastodon rexroadensis Woodburne 1961 [synonym], Stegomastodon texanus Osborn 1924 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002 |
Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Irvingtonian or 15.97000 to 0.30000 Ma
Collections (17 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Barstovian - Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | Mastodon mirificus (190543) | |
Blancan | USA (Arizona) | Stegomastodon mirificus (19654) | |
Blancan | USA (New Mexico) | Stegomastodon mirificus (19655 19976 19984) | |
Blancan | USA (Texas) | Stegomastodon mirificus (20030 20033) Stegomastodon sp. (20025) | |
Blancan | USA (Kansas) | Stegomastodon mirificus (19939) Stegomastodon sp. (19929) | |
Blancan | USA (California) | Stegomastodon arizonae (19668) | |
Blancan | USA (Idaho) | Stegomastodon mirificus (19768 19911 19913) | |
Blancan - Irvingtonian | USA (South Dakota) | Stegomastodon mirificus (20020) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (Texas) | Mastodon successor (191451) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (New Mexico) | Stegomastodon sp. (20396) |