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Rhynchotherium praecursor
Taxonomy
Dibelodon praecursor was named by Cope (1893).
It was recombined as Mammut praecursor by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Serridentinus praecursor by Osborn (1935); it was recombined as Serbelodon praecursor by Osborn (1936); it was recombined as Rhynchotherium praecursor by Kurten and Anderson (1980).
It was recombined as Mammut praecursor by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Serridentinus praecursor by Osborn (1935); it was recombined as Serbelodon praecursor by Osborn (1936); it was recombined as Rhynchotherium praecursor by Kurten and Anderson (1980).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1893 | Dibelodon praecursor Cope p. 64 |
| 1902 | Mammut praecursor Hay p. 711 |
| 1935 | Serridentinus praecursor Osborn |
| 1936 | Serbelodon praecursor Osborn |
| 1980 | Rhynchotherium praecursor Kurten and Anderson p. 346 |
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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 praecursor Cope 1893
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| 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: Blancan or 4.90000 to 1.80000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Blancan | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | Rhynchotherium praecursor (19673) | |
| Blancan | USA (Texas) | Mastodontidae indet. (20024) | |
| Blancan | Mexico (Michoacan) | Rhynchotherium praecursor (20072) |