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Zygolophodon aegyptensis

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae

Taxonomy
Zygolophodon aegyptensis was named by Sanders and Miller (2002). It is not extant. Its type specimen is DPC 9009. Its type locality is Wadi Moghra, which is in a MN 4 marginal marine sandstone in the Moghara Formation of Egypt.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Zygolophodon aegyptensis Sanders and Miller p. 397 figs. Figure 9
2005Zygolophodon aegytensis Shoshani and Tassy p. 7
2010Zygolophodon aegyptensis Sanders et al. p. 187

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
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)
speciesaegyptensis

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 aegyptensis Sanders and Miller 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available