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Choerolophodontidae
Taxonomy
Choerolophodontinae was named by Gaziry (1976). It is not extant. Its type is Choerolophodon.
It was reranked as the family Choerolophodontidae by Mothé et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Elephantoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Gomphotheriidae by Sanders and Miller (2002), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Tsoukala et al. (2007) and Sanders et al. (2010); and to Proboscidea by Mothé et al. (2016).
It was reranked as the family Choerolophodontidae by Mothé et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Elephantoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Gomphotheriidae by Sanders and Miller (2002), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Tsoukala et al. (2007) and Sanders et al. (2010); and to Proboscidea by Mothé et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Afrochoerodon, Choerolophodon (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1976 | Choerolophodontinae Gaziry |
| 1997 | Choerolophodontinae McKenna and Bell p. 500 |
| 2002 | Choerolophodontinae Sanders and Miller p. 395 |
| 2005 | Choerolophodontinae Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2 |
| 2007 | Choerolophodontinae Tsoukala et al. |
| 2010 | Choerolophodontinae Sanders et al. p. 203 |
| 2016 | Choerolophodontidae Mothé et al. |
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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.
Fm. †Choerolophodontidae Gaziry 1976
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G. †Afrochoerodon Picford 2001
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†Afrochoerodon kisumuensis Picford 2001
†Afrochoerodon zaltaniensis Pickford 2001
G. †Choerolophodon Schlesinger 1917
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†Choerolophodon anatolicus Ozansoy 1965
†Choerolophodon chioticus Tobien 1980
†Choerolophodon pentelici Gaudry and Lartet 1856
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available