Sinomastodon

Sinomastodon bumiajuensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gomphotherioidea

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: †Gomphotherioidea

Familia: †Gomphotheriidae
Genus: †Sinomastodon
Species: †S. bumiajuensis – †S. huananensis – †S. jiangnanensis – †S. praeintermedius – †S. sendaicus – †S. yangziensis
Species excludendae: †S. hanjiangensis – †S. intermedius – †S. yanyuanensis

Name

Sinomastodon Tobien, Chen & Li, 1986

Type species: †Mastodon intermedius Teilhard & Trassaert, 1937 [vid. Wang et al., 2012: 4728]

References

Primary references

• Tobien, H., Chen, G.-F. & Li, Y.-Q. 1986. Mastodonts (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Late Neogene and early Pleistocene of the People's Republic of China, part I: historical account: the genera Gomphotherium, Choerolophodon, Synconolophus, Amebelodon, Platybelodon, Sinomastodon. Mainzer Geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen 15: 119–181. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wang, Y., Jin, C.-Z., Deng C.-L., Wei, G.-B. & Yan, Y.-L. 2012. The first Sinomastodon (Gomphotheriidae, Proboscidea) skull from the Quaternary in China. Chinese Science Bulletin 57(36): 4726–4734 DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5519-y Reference page. 
• Wang, S.-Q., Ji, X.-P., Jablonski, N.G., Su, D.F., Ge, J.-Y., Ding, C.-F., Yu, T.-S., Li, W.-Q. & Duangkrayom, J. "2016" [2015]. The Oldest Cranium of Sinomastodon (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae), Discovered in the Uppermost Miocene of Southwestern China: Implications for the Origin and Migration of This Taxon. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 23: 155–173. DOI: 10.1007/s10914-015-9311-z ResearchGate Reference page. 

Vernacular names

日本語: シノマストドン属
中文: 中华乳齿象属

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