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Eubelodon

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Eubelodon was named by Barbour (1914) [The proposed generic name, Eubelodon, signifying well-tusked, euphonically implies relationship to Tetrabelodon and Dibelodon.]. Its type is Eubelodon morrilli.

It was synonymized subjectively with Trilophodon by Osborn (1918); it was synonymized subjectively with Gomphotherium by Tobien (1973).

It was assigned to Proboscidea by Barbour (1914); to Rhynchotheriinae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Gomphotheriidae by Carroll (1988), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Lambert and Shoshani (1998) and Shoshani and Tassy (2005).

Species
E. morrilli (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Eubelodon Barbour p. 186
1988Eubelodon Carroll
1996Eubelodon Shoshani and Tassy
1997Eubelodon McKenna and Bell p. 502
1998Eubelodon Lambert and Shoshani p. 611
2005Eubelodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
genusEubelodon

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.

G. †Eubelodon Barbour 1914
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†Eubelodon morrilli Barbour 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:20:16
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:20:16
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Clarendonian or 16.30000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) E. morrilli (18123)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) E. morrilli (18147 18204) E. sp. (18324 188779)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (South Dakota) E. morrilli (18428)