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Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae
Translingual
Proper noun
Gomphotheriidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Proboscidea – the gomphotheres, a diverse possibly paraphyletic group of extinct elephant-like animals.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - cohort; Epitheria - magnorder; Afrotheria - superorder; Paenungulata - clade; Proboscidea - order
Hyponyms
- (genus): Gomphotherium - type genus; Anancus, Amebelodon, Choerolophodon, Cuvieronius, Platybelodon, Rhynchotherium, Sinomastodon, Zygolophodon - genera