Sinomastodon praeintermedius

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: †Sinomastodon praeintermedius

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