| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Mammutidae : Zygolophodon : Zygolophodon morotoensis |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Mammutidae : Zygolophodon : Zygolophodon morotoensis |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Zygolophodon |
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| Scientific Name | Zygolophodon morotoensis (Pickford & Tassy, 1980) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Zygolophodon morotoensis | species | belongs to Zygolophodon | stated with evidence | Pickford and Tassy, 1980 | | Zygolophodon morotoensis | species | belongs to Eozygodon | stated without evidence | Pickford, 2003 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 20.0 Ma
Miocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 22.4 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Eutheria) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | browser (based on Mammutidae) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Shoshani and P. Tassy. 2005. Advances in proboscidean taxonomy & classification, anatomy & physiology, and ecology & behavior. Quaternary International 126-128:5-20 |
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| Shoshani J., Tassy P. (2005) Advances in proboscidean taxonomy & classification, anatomy & physiology, and ecology & behavior, Quaternary International 126-128, 5-20 |
| Pickford M. (2003) New Proboscidea from the Miocene strata in th elower Orange River Valley, Namibia, Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia 19, 207-256 |
| Sanders W. J., Gheerbrant E., et al (2010) Proboscidea, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, 161-251 |
Zygolophodon morotoensis ✝
