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Amebelodontidae ✝

Description

Amebelodontidae is an extinct family of large herbivorous mammals that were closely related to elephants. They were assigned to Gomphotheriidae in the past, but recent authors consider them a distinct family.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4825892https://www.gbif.org/species/4825892
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)374411https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=374411
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Amebelodontidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Amebelodontidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
-TethytheriaMcKenna 1975
orderProboscidea
familyAmebelodontidae(Barbour 1927)
Scientific NameAmebelodontidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Amebelodontidaesubfamilybelongs to Gomphotheriidaestated without evidenceShoshani and Tassy, 1996
Amebelodontidaefamilybelongs to Proboscideastated without evidenceWang et al., 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)10
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 20.0 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance11.6 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietgrazer, browser (based on Proboscidea)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S.-Q. Wang, T. Deng, and J. Ye, W. He, S.-Q. Chen. 2017. Morphological and ecological diversity of Amebelodontidae (Proboscidea, Mammalia) revealed by a Miocene fossil accumulation of an upper-tuskless proboscidean. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(8):601-615
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amebelodontidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Afromastodon
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
123.0 Ma
Miocene
23.0 Ma
Miocene
Aphanobelodon
genus
listed (PBDB)116.0 Ma
Miocene
16.0 Ma
Miocene
Archaeobelodon
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
116.9 Ma
Miocene
16.9 Ma
Miocene
Progomphotherium
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
223.0 Ma
Miocene
22.4 Ma
Miocene
Protanancus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
723.0 Ma
Miocene
11.6 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1927Amebelodontinae Barbour
1996Amebelodontinae Shoshani and Tassy p. 352
2002Amebelodontinae Sanders and Miller p. 396
2005Amebelodontinae Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2
2010Amebelodontinae Sanders et al. p. 198
2017Amebelodontidae Wang et al. p. 604

References

Wang S.-Q., Deng T., et al (2017) Morphological and ecological diversity of Amebelodontidae (Proboscidea, Mammalia) revealed by a Miocene fossil accumulation of an upper-tuskless proboscidean, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15 8, 601-615 doi:10.1080/14772019.2016.1208687
Shoshani J., Tassy P. (1996) Summary, conclusions, and a glimpse into the future, in J. Shoshani and P. Tassy, eds., The Proboscidea: Evolution and Palaeoecology of Elephants and Their Relatives, 335-348
Sanders W. J., Miller E. R. (2002) New proboscideans from the early Miocene of Wadi Mogahara, Egypt, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 2, 388-404
Shoshani J., Tassy P. (2005) Advances in proboscidean taxonomy & classification, anatomy & physiology, and ecology & behavior, Quaternary International 126-128, 5-20
Sanders W. J., Gheerbrant E., et al (2010) Proboscidea, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, 161-251
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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