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Trilophodon ligoniferus

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Mastodon ligoniferus was named by Cope and Matthew (1915).

It was recombined as Trilophodon ligoniferus by Osborn (1936); it was considered a nomen dubium by Tobien (1973).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. olisiponense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Mastodon ligoniferus Cope and Matthew
1936Trilophodon ligoniferus Osborn

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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
genusTrilophodonBurmeister 1837
speciesligoniferus(Cope and Matthew 1915)

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.

†Trilophodon ligoniferus Cope and Matthew 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available