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Tetralophodon elegans

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Gomphotherium elegans was named by Hay (1916). Its type specimen is USNM 8255 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Tetralophodon elegans by Osborn (1936) and Frye and Hibbard (1941); it was considered a nomen dubium by Hibbard (1952).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. exoletus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Gomphotherium elegans Hay p. 21
1936Tetralophodon elegans Osborn
1941Tetralophodon elegans Frye and Hibbard

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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
genusTetralophodonFalconer 1857
specieselegans()

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