Mammut americanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elephantimorpha 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Ordo: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Magnordo: Epitheria
Superordo: Afrotheria
Cladus: Paenungulata
Ordo: Proboscidea
Subordo: Elephantiformes
Cladus: Elephantimorpha

Familia: †Mammutidae
Genus: Mammut
Species: M. americanus – M. giganteus …

Name

Mammut Blumenbach, 1799

Gender

masculine?

Synonyms

Type species

  • Leviathan Koch: Leviathan missourii Koch, 1841, by monotypy

References

cited sources

  • Blumenbach 1799: Handbuch der Naturgeschichte, ed. 6: 698. [not seen]
  • Koch, A. 1840: Isis (Oken), 1840, 905
  • Koch, A. [1841]: Descr. of, 1840. 1st edition. p. 3. [not seen]
  • Koch, A. 1841b: Description of the Missourium, or Missouri Leviathan; together with its supposed habits. And Indian traditions concerning the location from whence it was exhumed: also, comparisons of the whale, crocodile and Missourium, with the Leviathan, as described in the 41st chapter of the Book of Job. 2nd edition. Prentice and Weissinger, printers, Louisville, KY. Internet Archive BHL
  • Koch, A. 1843: Description of the Missourium Theristocaulodon (Koch) or Missouri Leviathan (Leviathan Missouriensis,) together with its supposed habits, and the Indian Traditions: also, comparison on the Whale, Crcocodile, and Missourium, with the Leviathan, as described in the 41st chapter of the Book of Job. C. Crookes, Dublin. [not seen]

Additional references

Vernacular names

magyar: Masztodon
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