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Choerolophodontidae

Mammalia - Proboscidea - 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).

Subtaxa
Afrochoerodon, Choerolophodon (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Choerolophodontinae Gaziry
1997Choerolophodontinae McKenna and Bell p. 500
2002Choerolophodontinae Sanders and Miller p. 395
2005Choerolophodontinae Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2
2007Choerolophodontinae Tsoukala et al.
2010Choerolophodontinae Sanders et al. p. 203
2016Choerolophodontidae Mothé 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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyChoerolophodontidae(Gaziry 1976)
familyChoerolophodontidae(Gaziry 1976)

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:32:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:32:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MN 3 to the top of the MN 12 or 20.00000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Pakistan (Baluchistan) Choerolophodon corrugatus (180630)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Pakistan (Balochistan) Choerolophodon corrugatus (77780)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Egypt Afrochoerodon kisumuensis (53970)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Pakistan (Balochistan) Choerolophodon corrugatus (69540)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya (Nyanza) Choerolophodon kisumensis (21338 21339)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Kenya Choerolophodon kisumuensis (22303)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Greece (Aegean) Choerolophodon chioticus (182752)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Ukraine (Cherson) Choerolophodon sp. (60256)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Ukraine Choerolophodon sp. (183535)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Romania (Ilfov) Choerolophodon pentelici (199755)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Tunisia Choerolophodon sp. (65170)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Kenya Choerolophodon sp. (219711)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Greece Choerolophodon pentelici (191070 195490)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Iraq Choerolophodon pentelici (41735)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Greece (Central Macedonia) Choerolophodon pentelicus (202119)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Cankiri) Choerolophodon pentelici (184368)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) Choerolophodon sp. (195432 195437)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Kozani) Mastodon pentelici (202257)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Chalkidona) Choerolophodon pentelici (202703) Choerolophodon pentelicus (202222) Mastodon pentelici (182745 182746)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attiki) Choerolophodon pentelicus (195562)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Bulgaria (Blagoevgrard) Choerolophodon pentelici (197446)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attica) Mastodon pentelici (182754)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Italy (Faenza) Choerolophodon pentelici (215240)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Evros) Choerolophodon pentelici (210641)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Aegean) Choerolophodon pentelici (182751 202724) Mastodon pentelici (202120)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Usak) Choerolophodon pentelici (34462)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey Choerolophodon pentelici (56563)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Turkey (Thrace) Choerolophodon anatolicus (67661)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Greece Choerolophodon pentelici (73869)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Chalkidona) Choerolophodon pentelici (195489)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Turkey Choerolophodon pentelici (151910)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Samos) Choerolophodon pentelici (202216)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Makedonia Thraki) Choerolophodon pentelici (157582)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Bulgaria Choerolophodon pentelici (208566 208567 208568)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) Choerolophodon pentelicus (32189)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Macedonia) Choerolophodon pentelici (32374 32375 32376)
MN 127.75 - 7.246Turkey (Anatolia) Choerolophodon sp. (60534)