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Cuvieronius tropicus

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Dibelodon tropicus was named by Cope (1884) [may be a nomen dubium, see Lucas and Morgan 1996]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tequixquiac, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in Mexico.

It was recombined as Mastodon tropicus by Felix and Lenk (1891); it was recombined as Mammut tropicum by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Cordillerion tropicus by Osborn (1942); it was recombined as Cuvieronius tropicus by Osborn (1936), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Montellano (2002), Cisneros (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Dibelodon tropicus Cope p. 7
1889Dibelodon tropicus Cope p. 195
1891Mastodon tropicus Felix and Lenk
1893Mastodon oligobunis Cope
1893Dibelodon tropicus Cope p. 62
1902Mammut tropicum Hay p. 712
1926Cordillerion defloccatus Hay
1926Cordillerion orarius Hay
1929Cuvieronius oligobunis Cabrera
1936Cordillerion oligobunis Osborn
1936Cuvieronius tropicus Osborn
1942Cordillerion oligobunis Osborn
1942Cordillerion tropicus Osborn
1965Cuvieronius oligobunis Alvarez
1978Cuvieronius oligobunis Ferrusquia
1987Cuvieronius oligobunis Carranza-Castaneda and Miller p. 337
1996Cuvieronius tropicus Shoshani and Tassy
2002Cuvieronius tropicus Montellano
2005Cuvieronius tropicus Cisneros p. 246

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

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.

†Cuvieronius tropicus Cope 1884
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Invalid names: Cordillerion defloccatus Hay 1926 [synonym], Cordillerion orarius Hay 1926 [synonym], Mastodon oligobunis Cope 1893 [synonym]
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 15:20:53
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:20:53
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lambert and Shoshani 1998

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Hidalgo) Cuvieronius oligobunis (18746)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Chile Cuvieronius hyodon (73842)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8El Salvador Cuvieronius tropicus (70118)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Cuvieronius sp. (19745) Cuvieronius tropicus (19754)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (México) Dibelodon tropicus (163820)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Cuvieronius tropicus (19750 98313)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia (Tarija ) Cuvieronius hyodon (70673)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Bolivia (Oruro) Cuvieronius hyodon (63761)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Puebla) Cuvieronius tropicus (13948)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (New Mexico) Cuvieronius sp. (20396)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Cuvieronius sp. (20400 20482) Cuvieronius tropicus (20299 20308 20351 20403 20475 20478 20494 58089)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Costa Rica Cuvieronius hyodon (20274)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3El Salvador Cuvieronius tropicus (209718)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Honduras Cuvieronius tropicus (230463)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Panama (Herrera) Cuvieronius tropicus (195192)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) Cuvieronius tropicus (212361)