After Shoshoni & Tassy (eds.), 1996, and Gheerbrant et al., 2002
<==o PROBOSCIDEA Illiger, 1811 sensu Shoshoni & Tassy, 1996 (norsueläimet) |--o †Anthracobunidae | |-- †Nakusia shahrigensis | |-- †Pilgrimella pilgrimi | |-- †Lammidhania wardi | `--o †Anthracobune | |?- †A. pilgrimi | |-- †A. pinfoldi | `-- †A. aijiensis `--+?- †Jozaria palustris `--o PROBOSCIDEA Illiger, 1811 sensu Tassy & Shoshoni, 1988 |--o †Moeritherium Andrews, 1901 [Moeritheriidae Andrews, 1906] | |-- †M. lyonsi Andrews, 1901 | `-- †M. trigodon Andrews, 1904 `--o BARYTHERIOIDEA Andrews, 1906 [paraphyletic] |-- †Phosphatherium escuilliei Gheerbrant, Sudre, & Cappetta, 1996 [paraphyletic Numidotheriidae Shoshani & Tassy, 1992] `--+-- †Daouitherium rebouli Gheerbrant, Sudre, Cappetta, Iarochène, Amaghzaz & Bouya, 2002 [paraphyletic Numidotheriidae Shoshani & Tassy, 1992] `--+-- †Numidotherium koholense Mahboubi et al., 1986 [incl. N. savagei Court, 1995??] [paraphyletic Numidotheriidae Shoshani & Tassy, 1992] `--+-- †Barytherium grave Andrews, 1901 [Barytheriidae] `--+-- ELEPHANTIFORMES `--o †Deinotheriidae [DEINOTHEROIDEA] |--o †Prodeinotherium Ehik, 1930 | |?- †P. orlovii (Sahni & Tripathi, 1957) [?=> P. pentapotamiae Falconer, 1868] | |-- †P. bavaricum (von Meyer, 1831) Ehik, 1930 | |-- †P. hobleyi (Andrews, 1911) Harris, 1973 | `-- †P. pentapotamiae `--o †Deinotherium Kaup, 1829 |-- †D. giganteus Kaup, 1829 |-- †D. bozasi Arambourg, 1934 [D. giganteus Kaup, 1829: D. hopwoodi Osborn, 1936] `-- †D. indicum Falconer, 1845
Note:
Inclusion of the Indo-Pakistani family Anthracobunidae to otherwise african order Proboscidae is controversial. See Shoshoni & Tassy (1996) for discussion.
Basal proboscidean superfamily Barytherioidea is paraphyletic (Shoshoni & Tassy, 1996, Gheerbrant, et al. 2002).
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