Afrochoerodon kisumuensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elephantida

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulata Cladus: Tethytheria Ordo: Proboscidea Subordo: Elephantiformes Cladus: Elephantimorpha Cladus: Elephantida

Familia: †Choerolophodontidae
Genus: †Afrochoerodon
Species: †Afrochoerodon kisumuensis

Name

Afrochoerodon kisumuensis (MacInnes, 1942)

Synonymy

• Afrochoerodon kisumuensis (MacInnes, 1942) Pickford, 2001
• Choerolophodon kisumuensis (MacInnes, 1942) Tassy, 1977
• Platybelodon kisumuensis (MacInnes, 1942) Tobien, 1973 [partim]
• Trilophodon angustidens kisumuensis MacInnes, 1942 [Protonym] [partim]

References

Primary references

• MacInnes, D.G. 1942. Miocene and Post-Miocene Proboscidea from East Africa. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 25(2): 33–106. DOI: 10.1111/J.1096-3642.1942.TB00215.X Reference page. 
• Pickford, M. 2001. Afrochoerodon nov. gen. kisumuensis (MacInnes) (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from Cheparawa, Middle Miocene, Kenya. Annales de Paléontologie 87(2): 99–117. DOI: 10.1016/S0753-3969(01)80005-7 Reference page.