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Tetralophodon Falconer 1857

Description

Genus Tetralophodon Falconer, 1857

Type species: Mastodon longirostris Kaup, 1832; Eppelsheim, Germany, Vallesian, Miocene.

Notes

Published as part of Geraads, Denis, Kaya, Tanju & Mayda, Serdar, 2005, Late Miocene large mammals from Yulafli, Thrace region, Turkey, and their biogeographic implications, pp. 523-544 in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50 (3) on page 529, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13620702

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Falconer
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Proboscidea
Family
Elephantidae
Genus
Tetralophodon
Taxon rank
genus
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Tetralophodon Falconer, 1857 sec. Geraads, Kaya & Mayda, 2005

References

  • Falconer, H. 1857. On the species of Mastodon and Elephant occurring in the fossil state in Great Britain. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 13: 307 - 360.
  • Kaup, J. J. 1832. Description d'ossements fossiles de mammiferes inconnus jusqu'a present qui se trouvent au Museum grand ducal de Darmstadt. 119 pp. Meyer, Darmstadt.