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Afrochoerodon

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4575957https://www.gbif.org/species/4575957
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)67861https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=67861
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Gomphotheriidae : Afrochoerodon
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
-TethytheriaMcKenna 1975
orderProboscidea
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
-ElephantimorphaTassy and Shoshani 1997
-ElephantidaTassy and Shoshani 1997
superfamilyGomphotherioideaHay 1922
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
subfamilyChoerolophodontinaeGaziry 1976
genusAfrochoerodonPickford 2001
Scientific NameAfrochoerodon Pickford, 2001
Name Published InAnn Paleontol 87 (2), Avril-Juin
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Afrochoerodongenusbelongs to Choerolophodontinaestated without evidenceSanders and Miller, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance16.9 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietbrowser (based on Gomphotheriidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. J. Sanders and E. R. Miller. 2002. New proboscideans from the early Miocene of Wadi Mogahara, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(2):388-404

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Afrochoerodon zaltaniensis
species
listed (PBDB)
Choerolophodon kisumuensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
216.9 Ma
Miocene
16.0 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2001Afrochoerodon Picford
2002Afrochoerodon Sanders and Miller p. 395
2005Afrochoerodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2
2010Afrochoerodon Sanders et al. p. 203

References

Sanders W. J., Miller E. R. (2002) New proboscideans from the early Miocene of Wadi Mogahara, Egypt, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 2, 388-404
Shoshani J., Tassy P. (2005) Advances in proboscidean taxonomy & classification, anatomy & physiology, and ecology & behavior, Quaternary International 126-128, 5-20
Sanders W. J., Gheerbrant E., et al (2010) Proboscidea, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, 161-251
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Ann Paleontol 87 (2), Avril-Juin - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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