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Taxon: Parvorder Proboscidea Owen, 1859 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Uranotheria

Included, by definition, in node-based clade

Behemota (Clade) McKenna, Bell & Shoshani 1997 Ref: McKenna, (M.C.), Bell, (S.K.) & Shoshani, (J.), 1997: 497 (note 1).

Original position

Behemota (Infraorder) McKenna, Bell & Shoshani, 1997 Ref: McKenna, (M.C.), Bell, (S.K.) & Shoshani, (J.), 1997: 497.

Original entries

Anthracobunidae (Family) Wells & Gingerich, 1983 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 498.
Barytheriidae (Family) Andrews, 1906 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 498.
Deinotheriidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1841 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 498.
Elephantoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 500.
Hemimastodontidae (Family) McKenna, Bell, Shoshani & Tassy, 1997 Ref: McKenna, (M.C.), Bell, (S.K.), Shoshani, (J.) & Tassy, (P.), 1997: 499.
Mammutoidea (Superfamily) Hay, 1922 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 499.
Moeritheriidae (Family) Andrews, 1906 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 498.
Numidotheriidae (Family) Shoshani & Tassy, 1992 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 498.
Palaeomastodontidae (Family) Andrews, 1906 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 499.
Phiomiidae (Family) Kalandadze & Rautian, 1992 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 499.

Current position

Behemota (Infraorder) McKenna, Bell & Shoshani, 1997 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 497. [new rank]

Historical positions

Behemota (Infraorder) McKenna, Bell & Shoshani, 1997 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 497. [new rank]

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 1f;2g;3s;3ss; ‡1f;3g; †9f;42g
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [1f;2g; ‡1f;3g; †9f;39g]
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