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Moeritherium trigonodon

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Moeritheriidae

Taxonomy
Moeritherium trigonodon was named by Andrews (1904). Its type specimen is BMNH M.8499, a mandible (partial right mandibular ramus), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was corrected as Moeritherium trigodon by Sanders et al. (2010).

Synonyms
  • Moeritherium andrewsi was named by Schlosser (1911).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Moeritherium trigonodon by Tobien (1978).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Moeritherium trigonodon Andrews p. 112
1906Moeritherium trigonodon Andrews p. 128
1911Moeritherium andrewsi Schlosser
1978Moeritherium trigonodon Tobien
1996Moeritherium trigodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 355 figs. Appendix C.1
2010Moeritherium trigodon Sanders et al. p. 174

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
superfamilyMoeritherioidea
familyMoeritheriidaeAndrews 1906
genusMoeritheriumAndrews 1901
speciestrigonodonAndrews 1904

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.

†Moeritherium trigonodon Andrews 1904
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Invalid names: Moeritherium andrewsi Schlosser 1911 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available