Proboscidea

For the Chromista genus, see Proboscidea T.B.B.Paddock & P.A.Sims, 1980

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Proboscidea
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

‎Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Tethytheria
Ordo: Proboscidea
Subordines (2): Elephantiformes – †Plesielephantiformes (disused)
Familiae incertae sedis (5): †Barytheriidae – †Deinotheriidae – †Moeritheriidae – †Numidotheriidae – †Phosphatheriidae
Genera incertae sedis (4): †Arcanotherium – †Daouitherium – †Eritherium – †Khamsaconus

Conspectus familiarum

Elephantidae – †Amebelodontidae – †Barytheriidae – †Choerolophodontidae – †Deinotheriidae – †Gomphotheriidae – †Mammutidae – †Moeritheriidae – †Numidotheriidae – †Palaeomastodontidae – †Phiomiidae – †Phosphatheriidae – †Stegodontidae

Name

Proboscidea Illiger, 1811: 96

References

Primary references

Illiger, J.K.W. 1811. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione germanica. C. Salfield: Berolini. xviii + 302 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. (eds.). 1997. Classification of mammals: above the species level. Columbia University Press: New York. xii + 631 pp. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Google Books Reference page.
Shoshani, J. & Tassy, P. 2005. Advances in proboscidean taxonomy & classification, anatomy & physiology, and ecology & behavior. Quaternary International 126–128: 5–20. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2004.04.011 . Reference page.
Shoshani, J. 2005. Order Proboscidea. Pp. 90–91 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
Shoshani, J., Walter, R.C., Abraha, M., Berhe, S., Tassy, P., Sanders, W.J., Marchant, G.H., Libsekal, Y., Ghirmani, T. & Zinner, D. 2006. A proboscidean from the late Oligocene of Eritrea, a ‘‘missing link’’ between early Elephantiformes and Elephantimorpha, and biogeographic implications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103(46): 17296–17301. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0603689103 Reference page.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Хобатныя
български: Хоботни
čeština: Chobotnatci
Ελληνικά: Προβοσκειδοειδή
English: Elephants
español: Proboscídeos
suomi: Norsueläimet
Nordfriisk: Elefantendiarten
français: Proboscidiens
magyar: Ormányosok
Bahasa Indonesia: Gajah
italiano: Proboscidati
日本語: ゾウ目
ქართული: ხორთუმიანები
한국어: 장비목(長鼻類)
македонски: Сурлари
Nederlands: Olifantachtigen
polski: Trąbowce
português: Proboscídeos
svenska: Elefantdjur
Türkçe: Hortumlular
українська: Хоботні
中文: 長鼻目