Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Proboscidea (Parvorder) Owen, 1859

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 498.

Current position

Proboscidea (Order) Owen, 1859

Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 444.

Alternative positions

†Deinotherioidea (Suborder) Osborn, 1936	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 646.
Proboscidea (Parvorder) Owen, 1859	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 498. [new position]
Proboscidea (Clade) Owen 1859	Ref: M.P. Ferretti, 2003: fig. 11A.

Historical positions

Proboscidea (Order) Owen, 1859	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 444.
Proboscidea (Order) Owen, 1859	Ref: J.A. van Essen, 2011: 24.
Proboscidea (Order) Owen, 1859	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 400.
Proboscidea (Clade) Owen 1859	Ref: M.P. Ferretti, 2003: 394, fig. 11A.
Proboscidea (Parvorder) Owen, 1859	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 498-499. [new position]
†Deinotherioidea (Suborder) Osborn, 1936	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 646.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†2g;4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[; †2g]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[; †2g]