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Amebelodon floridanus

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Discussion

Mastodon (Trilophodon) floridanus

Taxonomy
Mastodon (Trilophodon) floridanus was named by Leidy (1886).

It was recombined as Serridentinus floridanus by Osborn (1923) and Gazin and Collins (1950); it was recombined as Ocalientinus floridanus by Osborn (1942); it was recombined as Amebelodon floridanus by Shoshani and Tassy (1996) and Lambert and Shoshani (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Mastodon (Trilophodon) floridanus Leidy p. 12
1922Trilophodon hicksi Cook
1922Trilophodon paladentatus Cook
1923Serridentinus floridanus Osborn
1930Amebelodon sinclairi Barbour
1933Amebelodon paladentatus Frick p. 609
1941Amebelodon hicksi Barbour and Hibbard
1941Amebelodon paladentatus Barbour and Hibbard
1942Ocalientinus floridanus Osborn
1950Serridentinus floridanus Gazin and Collins
1996Amebelodon floridanus Shoshani and Tassy
1998Amebelodon floridanus Lambert and Shoshani p. 613

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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
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
subfamilyAmebelodontinae
genusAmebelodon
speciesfloridanus()

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.

Amebelodon floridanus Leidy 1886
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Invalid names: Amebelodon sinclairi Barbour 1930 [synonym], Trilophodon hicksi Cook 1922 [synonym], Trilophodon paladentatus Cook 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available