Sinomastodon praeintermedius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gomphotherioidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
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: Metopophora
Cladus: Haptodontiformes
Cladus: Sphenacomorpha
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Pantherapsida
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Eutheriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Epicynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliamorpha
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Cladotheria
Cladus: Prototribosphenida
Cladus: Zatheria
Cladus: Tribosphenida
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Magnordo: Atlantogenata
Superordo: Afrotheria
Cladus: Paenungulatomorpha
Grandordo: Paenungulata
Mirordo: Tethytheria
Ordo: Proboscidea
Subordo: Elephantiformes
Cladus: Elephantimorpha
Cladus: Elephantida
Superfamilia: †Gomphotherioidea

Familia: †Gomphotheriidae
Genus: †Sinomastodon
Species: †

Name

Sinomastodon praeintermedius Wang, Ji, Jablonski, Su, Ge, Ding, Yu, Li & Duangkrayom, 2015

Type locality: "Shuitangba locality ... the peaty clay layer of the Zhaotong Formation"; Zhaotong, Yunnan Province, China. [Wang et al., 2016]

Holotype: ZTV-07-001

Etymology "prae-...Sinomastodon intermedius" [Wang et al., 2016]

References

Primary references

  • 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

  • 中文: 先中间中华乳齿象