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: [Anonymous], 1995

Alternative positions

†Barytherioidea (Suborder) Simpson, 1945	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 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: J.A. van Essen, 2011: 24.
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. [new position]
†Barytherioidea (Suborder) Simpson, 1945	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 646).
†Barytherioidea (Superfamily) Andrews, 1906	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†1g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 24 Jul 2022	[; †1g;1s]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[; †1g]