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Miomastodon proavus

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae

Taxonomy
Mastodon proavus was named by Cope (1873).

It was recombined as Tetrabelodon proavus by Cope (1889); it was recombined as Mammut proavus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Miomastodon proavus by Osborn (1922) and Frick (1933); it was recombined as Serridentinus proavus by Osborn (1936) and Galbreath (1953); it was recombined as Zygolophodon proavus by Madden and Storer (1985) and Lambert and Shoshani (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Mastodon proavus Cope p. 10
1889Mastodon brevidens Cope
1889Tetrabelodon proavus Cope
1902Mammut brevidens Hay p. 710
1902Mammut proavus Hay p. 711
1918Zygolophodon brevidens Matthew
1921Mastodon merriami Osborn
1922Miomastodon merriami Osborn
1922Miomastodon proavus Osborn
1926Miomastodon merriami Osborn
1930Mammut merriami Hay
1933Miomastodon proavus Frick p. 611
1936Rhynchotherium brevidens Osborn
1936Serridentinus proavus Osborn
1942Miomastodon merriami Osborn
1942Rhynchotherium brevidens Osborn
1953Mammut merriami Galbreath
1953Serridentinus proavus Galbreath
1985Zygolophodon proavus Madden and Storer
1998Zygolophodon proavus Lambert and Shoshani
2023Miomastodon merriami Zhang et al.

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
ElephantimorphaTassy and Shoshani 1997
MammutidaTassy and Shoshani 1997
familyMammutidaeHay 1922
genusMiomastodon(Vacek 1877)
speciesproavus()

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.

Miomastodon proavus Cope 1873
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Invalid names: Mastodon brevidens Cope 1889 [synonym], Mastodon merriami Osborn 1921 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available