Elephantoidea

Loxodonta africana

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 Ordo: Proboscidea Subordo: Elephantiformes Cladus: Elephantimorpha Cladus: Elephantida Superfamilia: Elephantoidea

‎Classis: Mammalia
Ordo: Proboscidea
Cladus: Elephantida
Superfamilia: Elephantoidea
Familiae: Elephantidae – †Stegodontidae
Genera incertae sedis (tetralophodont gomphotheres): †Anancus – †Morrillia – †Paratetralophodon – †Tetralophodon

Name

Elephantoidea Gray, 1821

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1821. Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. Ord. 9. Proboscidiæ. London Medical Repository 15: 305.

Additional references

• 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.