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Zygolophodon tapiroides

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae

Taxonomy
Mastodon tapiroides was named by Cuvier (1824) [apparently spelt Mastodonte tapiroide by Cuvier]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Mastodon (Zygolophodon) tapiroides by Vacek (1877); it was synonymized subjectively with Mammut americanum by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Zygolophodon tapiroides by Madden (1980); it was considered a nomen dubium by Hopwood (1935); it was synonymized subjectively with Zygolophodon proavus by Lambert and Shoshani (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Mastodon tapiroides Cuvier p. 527
1877Mastodon (Zygolophodon) tapiroides Vacek
1980Zygolophodon tapiroides Madden p. 59

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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
genusZygolophodon(Vacek 1877)
speciestapiroides(Cuvier 1824)

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.

Zygolophodon tapiroides Cuvier 1824
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available