Palaeoloxodon naumanni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elephantoidea
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: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulata Cladus: Tethytheria Ordo: Proboscidea Subordo: Elephantiformes Cladus: Elephantimorpha Cladus: Elephantida Superfamilia: Elephantoidea

Familia: Elephantidae
Subfamilia: Elephantinae
Tribus: Elephantini
Genus: †Palaeoloxodon
Species: †Palaeoloxodon naumanni

Name

Palaeoloxodon naumanni (Makiyama, 1924)

Type locality: Japan, Shizuoka Prefecture, Hamamatsu; Sahamma Mud Formation.

Synonyms

Elephas indicus buski Matsumoto, 1927 [syn. Makiyama, 1938: 40]
Elephas namadicus namadi Pohlig, 1893 sensu Makiyama, 1924 [syn. Makiyama, 1938: 40]
Elephas namadicus naumanni Makiyama, 1924 (protonym)
Elephas namadicus aomoriensis Makiyama, 1938
Elephas namadicus tokunagai Makiyama, 1938
Elephas (Palaeoloxondon) namadicus setoensis [syn. Makiyama, 1938: 40]
Elephas naumanni Kamei & Taruno, 1973
Elephas protomammonteus Makiyama, 1938
Euelephas protomammonteus Matsumoto, 1924
Euelephas trogontherii sensu Matsumoto, 1924 [syn. Makiyama, 1938: 40]
Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) namadicus naumanni Matsumoto, 1924
Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) namadica yabei Matsumoto, 1929 [syn. Makiyama, 1938: 40]
Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) tokunagai Matsumoto, 1924
Palaeoloxodon aomoriensis Tokunaga & Takai in Tokunaga, 1936: 70
Palaeoloxodon namadicus naumannni Osborn, 1942: 1295
Palaeoloxodon naumanni Hasegawa, 1972
Palaeoloxodon setoensis (Matsumoto, 1929)
Palaeoloxodon tokunagai [syn. Kamei & Taruno, 1973]
Palaeoloxodon yabei (Matsumoto, 1929)
Palaeoloxodon yokohamanus Tokunaga, 1934 [syn. Makiyama, 1938: 40]
Parelephas protomammonteus (Matsumoto, 1924) [syn. Makiyama, 1938: 40]

References

Primary references

Makiyama, J. 1924. Notes on a fossil elephant from Sahamma, Tôtômi. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University. Series B 1(2): 255–264. hdl: 2433/257670 Reference page.
Matsumoto, H. 1924. 日本産化石象の種類(略報) [Preliminary note on fossil elephants in Japan] (In Japanese). Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 31(371): 255–272. DOI: 10.5575/geosoc.31.371_255 Reference page.
Matsumoto, H. 1927. On a new fossil race of the Asiatic elephant in Japan. Science reports of the Tohoku Imperial University. 2nd series, Geology 3: 57–58. hdl: 10097/30203 Reference page.
Matsumoto, H. 1929. On Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) namadica Falconer & Cautley in Japan. Science reports of the Tohoku Imperial University. 2nd series, Geology 13(1): 1–5. hdl: 10097/30215 Reference page.
Tokunaga, S. 1936. 青森縣七戸町附近の地質と出土の象化石 [Geology of the Shichinohe district, Aomori Prefecture, and fossil elephant found from there] (In Japanese). Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) 48(2): 67–70. DOI: 10.5026/jgeography.48.67
Tokunaga, S. & Takai, F. 1936. On a fossil elephant, Palaeoloxodon aomoriensis, from Shichinohe, Kamikita-gun, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 43: 254–258. DOI: 10.5575/geosoc.43.254 [=Transactions and proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan 3: 25–29. DOI: 10.14825/prpsj1935.1936.25] Reference page.
Makiyama, J. 1938. Japonic Proboscidea. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University. Series B 14(1): 1–59. hdl: 2433/257870 Reference page.
Osborn, H.F. 1942. Proboscidea: a monograph of the discovery, evolution, migration and extinction of the mastodonts and elephants of the world. Vol. II: Stegodontoidea, Elephantoidea. The American Museum Press: New York. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.12097 BHL Reference page.
Kamei, T. & Taruno, H. 1973. Note on the occurrence of the latest Pleistocene mammals from Lake Nojiri (Part 1). Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyoto Imperial University. Series of Geology and Mineralogy 39(2): 99–122. hdl: 2433/186586 Reference page.

Additional references

Takai, F. 1939. 本邦新生界産哺乳動物の或ものに就て(其の1) [On some Cenozoic mammals from Japan (Part I)] The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 46(552): 481–489. DOI: 10.5575/geosoc.46.481 Reference page.
Kondō, Y. 2006. 日本を代表するゾウ化石ナウマンゾウ(ふぉっしる) [The Proboscidea fossil which represents Japan: Naumann's Elephant (Palaeoloxodon naumanni)] Fossils 79: 81–87. DOI: 10.14825/kaseki.79.0_81 Reference page.

Links

Palaeoloxodon naumanni – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

Vernacular names

English: Naumann's Elephant
日本語: ナウマンゾウ