PROBOSCIDEA GENERA* 



DiBELODON. Cope, 1884. 

 Pal. Bull. No. 39, p. 2; Proc. Am. Phil. 



Soc., XXII, pt. 1, 2-8, Jan., 1885. 

 Type Mastodon shepardi Leidy. Contra 



Costa Co., Cal. Last inferior molar. 

 Two-dart + tooth; enamel bands on upper 



tusks. 



DiNOTHERiTJM ( = Deiuotherium, 

 preferred). Kaup, 1829. 

 Oken's Isis, 1829, 401-404. 

 Type Deinotherium giganteum, Kaup. 

 = Antoletherium, Falconer, 1868. Pal. 



Mem., I, 416. 

 Terrible-|-wild beast. 



Elephas. Linnaeus, 1758. 

 Systema Naturae, 10th ed., I, 33, 1758. 

 Type Elephas maximus Linnaeus, from 

 Ceylon [Zeylona]. 



EuBELODON. Barbour, 1914. 

 Neb. Univ. Studies, XIV, No. 2. p. 10. 

 Type E. morrilli, from Neb. (Devil's Gulch). 

 Elongated mandible without tusks; upper 



tusks without enamel bands. 

 Well-tusked. 



EuELEPHAS (Subg. of Elephas). 



Falconer, 1857. 



Q. J. G. S., Lond., XIH, pt. 4, pp. 315, 317- 



318, Nov. 1, 1857. 

 W. L. Sclater, Mamm. S. Africa, I, 317, 



1900. 

 New name for Elasmodon, Falconer, 1846, 



preoccupied. Spp. 9: 1 living and 8 



extinct. 

 Type Elephas planifrons F. and C, Siwalik. 



Well (typical) +elephant. 



Nat. Hist., 6th Ser., XV, 191, 192, Feb. 1, 

 1895. 



Type Mastodon angustidens Cuvier. Mio- 

 cene, France. See Gomphotherium Bur- 

 meister, 1837. 



Bolt+wild beast — in allusion to the conical 

 tubercles of the molars. 



Gomphotherium. Burmeister, 1837. 

 Handbuch Naturgesch., 795, 1837. 

 Type not mentioned; characterized by 



tusks in both jaws. See Gamphotherium. 



Hemimastodon. Pilgrim, 1912. 

 Pal. Indica, new ser., IV, Mem. 2. 



LoxoDONTA. Cuvier, 1827. 



Zool. Jour., Ill, 140, Jan., 1827. 



"Loxodonte," Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm, 

 VI, Livr. LI, pi., Nov., 1825. 



— Loxodon, Falconer, 1857. Q. J. G. S. 

 Lond., XIII, pt. 4, pp. 314-315 (pre- 

 occupied) . 



= Loxo (-disko)-don. Pohlig, Nova Acta 

 Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol., LIII, Nr. 1, 

 pp. 138, 252, 1888. 



Type Elephas africanus Blum., from Africa. 



Slanting-|- tooth. 



Mammut. Blumenbach, 1799, 

 Handbuch Naturgeschichte, 6th ed., p. 698. 

 Type Mammut ohioticum Blumenbach 



{ = Elephas americanus Kerr, 1792), based 



upon remains from the Pleistocene of 



Ohio River. 

 Mammut: Tartar word Mammantu, 



"ground dweller" (refers to Mammoth). 



Mastodon. Cuvier, 1817. 

 Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., VIII, 270, 288, pis. 

 49-56 (1806), 1817; Regne Animal, I, 

 232-233, 1817. 



Gamphotherium. Gloger, 1841. 

 Hand-u. HUfsbuch Naturgesch., I, pp 

 xxxii, 119, 1841. Thomas, Ann. & Mag 



These lists of genera and species of Proboscidea, as well as references to the sources, have been furnished 

 by Prof. Richard S. Lull of Yale University. The classification as here given is based on the literature alone 

 and not on any study of the material, and for that reason it should not be regarded as other than a tentative 

 arrangement. 



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