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Choerolophodon pentelici

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae

Taxonomy
Mastodon pentelicus was named by Gaudry and Lartet (1856). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Choerolophodon pentelici by Geraads et al. (2005), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Tsoukala et al. (2007), Konidaris and Koufos (2013) and Konidaris et al. (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. corrugatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Mastodon pentelicus Gaudry and Lartet
2005Choerolophodon pentelici Geraads et al. p. 528
2005Choerolophodon pentelici Shoshani and Tassy p. 355 figs. Appendix C.1
2007Choerolophodon pentelici Tsoukala et al.
2013Choerolophodon pentelici Konidaris and Koufos
2016Choerolophodon pentelici Konidaris 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)
genusChoerolophodonSchlesinger 1917
speciespentelici(Gaudry and Lartet 1856)

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.

†Choerolophodon pentelici Gaudry and Lartet 1856
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. E. Konidaris et al. 2016Large choerolophodont species; elongated cranium with moderately inclined facial region and low cerebral region; orbits situated at the top of the cranium and far behind the last molar in function, the anterior zygomatic process is situated behind the dentition, at the level of the anterior border of the choanae, and the whole perinasal area is redressed; distant temporal lines and wide parietal region; the symphysis is situated ventrally at the extension of the corpus, in both juvenile and adult specimens; corpus and ramus form obtuse angle; retromolar gap in mandibles bearing the m3; upper tusks emerge sub-horizontally and outwards and then curve upwards; deciduous teeth are large; the distal cingulum of the DP3 is well developed and it is separated from the second loph in the more advanced morphs; the metacone is distinct from the posttrite conelet of the distal cingulum; the distal cingulum of the dp3 is prominent and isolated from the second lophid in the more advanced morphs, forming a third lophid; five lophids or four lophids with an isolated distal ‘heel’ in the m3; the M3 bears four lophs; well expressed choerodonty, ptychodonty and cementodonty
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: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Vallesian to the top of the MN 11 or 11.60800 to 7.75000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Romania (Ilfov) Choerolophodon pentelici (199755)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Iraq Choerolophodon pentelici (41735)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Greece Choerolophodon pentelici (191070 195490)
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 - 5.333Turkey (Usak) Choerolophodon pentelici (34462)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Aegean) Choerolophodon pentelici (182751 202724) Mastodon pentelici (202120)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Kozani) Mastodon pentelici (202257)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey Choerolophodon pentelici (56563)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Evros) Choerolophodon pentelici (210641)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Cankiri) Choerolophodon pentelici (184368)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Chalkidona) Choerolophodon pentelici (202703) Choerolophodon pentelicus (202222) Mastodon pentelici (182745 182746)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Greece Choerolophodon pentelici (73869)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Makedonia Thraki) Choerolophodon pentelici (157582)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Turkey Choerolophodon pentelici (151910)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Bulgaria Choerolophodon pentelici (208566 208567 208568)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Samos) Choerolophodon pentelici (202216)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Chalkidona) Choerolophodon pentelici (195489)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Macedonia) Choerolophodon pentelici (32374 32375 32376)