Stegodon aurorae

Stegodon aurorae

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulata Cladus: Tethytheria Ordo: Proboscidea Subordo: Elephantiformes Cladus: Elephantimorpha Cladus: Elephantida Superfamilia: Elephantoidea

Familia: †Stegodontidae
Genus: †Stegodon
Species: †Stegodon aurorae

Name

Stegodon aurorae (Matsumoto, 1918): 52

Type locality: "Mt. Tomuro, Kaga"; Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

Synonyms

• Elephas aurorae Matsumoto, 1918: 52 (protonym)

References

• Matsumoto, H. 1918. On a new archetypal fossil elephant from Mt. Tomuro, Kaga. Science reports of the Tohoku Imperial University. 2nd series, Geology 3(2): 51–56. hdl: 10097/30161 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Akebono Elephant
日本語: アケボノゾウ

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