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Rhynchotherium falconeri

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchotherium falconeri was named by Osborn (1923). Its type specimen is Amer. Mus. Cope Coll. 8532, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Rhynchotherium praecursor by Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. euhypodon

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Rhynchotherium falconeri Osborn p. 3
1936Rhynchotherium browni Osborn
1990Rhynchotherium falconeri Miller
1996Rhynchotherium falconeri Shoshani and Tassy
2019Rhynchotherium falconeri Albright et al. p. 193

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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
genusRhynchotheriumFalconer 1868
speciesfalconeri

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.

†Rhynchotherium falconeri Osborn 1923
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Invalid names: Rhynchotherium browni Osborn 1936 [synonym], Trilophodon edensis Frick 1921 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: browserg
Diet 2: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:20:32
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:24:53
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Jalisco) Rhynchotherium falconeri (189788 189790)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) Cuvieronius edensis (19604)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (South Carolina) Rhynchotherium falconeri (77593)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Arizona) Rhynchotherium falconeri (19619)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (New Mexico) Rhynchotherium falconeri (19969)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) Rhynchotherium falconeri (20075)