Palaeoloxodon

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: 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 Superfamilia: Elephantoidea

Familia: Elephantidae
Subfamilia: Elephantinae
Tribus: Elephantini
Genus: †Palaeoloxodon
Species (†13): †P. antiquus – †P. chaniensis – †P. creutzburgi – †P. cypriotes – †P. falconeri – †P. lomolinoi – †P. mnaidriensis – †P. namadicus – †P. naumanni – †P. recki – †P. tiliensis – †P. turkmenicus – †P. xylophagou

Name

†Palaeoloxodon Matsumoto, 1924: 257

• Type species: †Elephas namadicus naumanni Makiyama, 1924, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• 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. 
• 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. 

Additional references

• Inuzuka, N. & Takahashi, K. 2004. Discrimination between the genera Palaeoloxodon and Elephas and the independent taxonomical position of Palaeoloxodon (Mammalia: Proboscidea). Zona Arqueológica 4: 428e463. Reference page. 
• Shoshani, J., Ferretti, M.P., Lister, A.M., Agenbroad, L.D., Saegusa, H., Mol, D. & Takahashi, K. 2007. Relationships within the Elephantinae using hyoid characters. Quaternary International 169–170: 174–185. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.02.003 Reference page. 
• Todd, N.E. 2010. New phylogenetic analysis of the family Elephantidae based on cranial-dental morphology. The Anatomical Record 293(1): 74–90. DOI: 10.1002/ar.21010 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Straight-tusked Elephants
日本語: パレオロクソドン属

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