Primelephas sp., Photo: Michael Lahanas
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
Cladus: Tethytheria
Ordo: Proboscidea
Subordo: Elephantiformes
Cladus: Elephantimorpha
Cladus: Elephantida
Superfamilia: Elephantoidea
Familia: Elephantidae
Subfamilia: Elephantinae
Genus: †Primelephas
Species: †P. korotorensis
Name
Primelephas Maglio, 1970
Type species: Primelephas gomphotheroides Maglio, 1970 [= Stegodon korotorensis Coppens, 1965], by original designation.
References
Primary references
Maglio, V.J. 1970. Four new species of Elephantidae from the Plio-Pleistocene of northwestern Kenya. Breviora 341: 1–43. BHL.
Additional references
Mackaye, H.T., Coppens, Y., Vignaud, P., Lihoreau, F. & Brunet, M.. 2008. De nouveaux restes de Primelephas dans le Mio-Pliocène du Nord du Tchad et révision du genre Primelephas [New Mio-Pliocene proboscidean remains from Chad: the genus Primilephas revisited]. Comptes Rendus Palevol 7(4): 227–236. DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2008.03.007 Open access. Reference page.
Maglio, V.J. 1973. Origin and evolution of the Elephantidae. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 63(3): 1–149. DOI: 10.2307/1006229, JSTOR Hybrid open access journal.
Links
BHL bibliography
Primelephas – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Primelephas.
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
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