|infraclasse= [[Eutheria]]
|superordine=[[Afrotheria]]
|ordine='''Proboscidea'''<br /><span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|[[Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger|Illiger]], [[|1811]] </span>}}
|sottordine=
|infraordine=
* [[Elephantidae]]
}}
I '''proboscidati''' ('''Proboscidea''' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|[[Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger|Illiger]], [[|1811]] </span>}}) sono un [[ordine (tassonomia)|ordine]] appartenente alla [[classe (tassonomia)|classe]] dei [[Mammalia|mammiferi]], e comprendono tutte le [[specie]] di [[Elephantidae|elefanti]].
== Descrizione ==
L'ordine comprendeva le seguenti famiglie e generi estinti:<ref>Shoshani, Jeheskel; Pascal Tassy (2005). ["Advances in proboscidean taxonomy & classification, anatomy & physiology, and ecology & behavior" https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1040618204000734?via%3Dihub]. Quaternary International. 126–128: 5–20.</ref><ref>{{Cita pubblicazione|doi=10.1080/14772019.2016.1208687|titolo=Morphological and ecological diversity of Amebelodontidae (Proboscidea, Mammalia) revealed by a Miocene fossil accumulation of an upper-tuskless proboscidean|rivista=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology|volume=15|numero=8|pp=601–615|anno=2017|cognome1=Wang|nome1=Shi-Qi|cognome2=Deng|nome2=Tao|cognome3=Ye|nome3=Jie|cognome4=He|nome4=Wen|cognome5=Chen|nome5=Shan-Qin}}</ref><ref name="Mothé et al 2016">{{Cita pubblicazione|cognome=Mothé|nome=Dimila|cognome2=Ferretti|nome2=Marco P.|cognome3=Avilla|nome3=Leonardo S.|titolo=The Dance of Tusks: Rediscovery of Lower Incisors in the Pan-American Proboscidean Cuvieronius hyodon Revises Incisor Evolution in Elephantimorpha|rivista=PLOS One|volume=11|pp=e0147009|data=12 gennaio 2016|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0147009|pmid=26756209|pmc=4710528}}</ref><ref>{{Cita pubblicazione|doi=10.1017/jpa.2019.98|titolo=Filling a gap in the proboscidean fossil record: a new genus from the Lutetian of Senegal|rivista=Journal of Paleontology|anno=2019|cognome1=Tabuce|nome1=Rodolphe|cognome2=Sarr|nome2=Raphaël|cognome3=Adnet|nome3=Sylvain|cognome4=Lebrun|nome4=Renaud|cognome5=Lihoreau|nome5=Fabrice|cognome6=Martin|nome6=Jeremy|cognome7=Sambou|nome7=Bernard|cognome8=Thiam|nome8=Mustapha|cognome9=Hautier|nome9=Lionel}}</ref>
*'''Proboscidea''' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Illiger, |1811</span>}}
**†''[[Eritherium]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Gheerbrant, |2009</span>}}
**†''[[Moeritherium]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Andrews, |1901</span>}}
**†''[[Saloumia]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Tabuce ''et al.'', |2019</span>}}
**†[[Plesielephantiformes]] <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Shoshani ''et al.'', |2001</span>}}
***†[[Numidotheriidae]] <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Shoshani & Tassy, |1992</span>}}
****†''[[Phosphatherium]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Gheerbrant ''et al.'', |1996</span>}}
****†''[[Arcanotherium]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Delmer, |2009</span>}}
****†''[[Daouitherium]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Gheerbrant & Sudre, |2002</span>}}
****†''[[Numidotherium]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Mahboubi ''et al.'', |1986</span>}}
***†[[Barytheriidae]] <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Andrews, |1906</span>}}
****†''[[Omanitherium]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Seiffert ''et al.'', |2012</span>}}
****†''[[Barytherium]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Andrews, |1901</span>}}
***†[[Deinotheriidae]] <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Bonaparte, |1845</span>}}
****†''[[Chilgatherium]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Sanders ''et al.'', |2004</span>}}
****†''[[Prodeinotherium]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Ehik, |1930</span>}}
****†''[[Deinotherium]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Kaup, |1829</span>}}
**[[Elephantiformes]] <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Tassy, |1988</span>}}
***†''[[Eritreum]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Shoshani ''et al.'', |2006</span>}}
***†''[[Hemimastodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Pilgrim, |1912</span>}}
***†''[[Palaeomastodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Andrews, |1901</span>}}
***†''[[Phiomia]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Andrews & Beadnell, |1902</span>}}
***[[Elephantimorpha]] <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Tassy & Shoshani, |1997</span>}}
****†[[Mammutidae]] <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Hay, |1922</span>}}
*****†''[[Losodokodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Rasmussen & Gutierrez, |2009</span>}}
*****†''[[Eozygodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Tassy & Pickford, |1983</span>}}
*****†''[[Zygolophodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Vacek, |1877</span>}}
*****†''[[Sinomammut]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Mothé ''et al.'', |2016</span>}}
*****†''[[Mammut]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Blumenbach, |1799</span>}}
****[[Elephantida]] <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Tassy & Shoshani, |1997</span>}}
*****†[[Choerolophodontidae]] <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Gaziry, |1976</span>}}
******†''[[Afrochoerodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Pickford, |2001</span>}}
******†''[[Choerolophodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Schlesinger, |1917</span>}}
*****†[[Amebelodontidae]] <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Barbour, |1927</span>}}
******†''[[Afromastodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Pickford, |2003</span>}}
******†''[[Progomphotherium]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Pickford, |2003</span>}}
******†''[[Eurybelodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Lambert, |2016</span>}}
******†''[[Serbelodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Frick, |1933</span>}}
******†''[[Archaeobelodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Tassy, |1984</span>}}
******†''[[Protanancus]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Arambourg, |1945</span>}}
******†''[[Amebelodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Barbour, |1927</span>}}
******†''[[Konobelodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Lambert, |1990</span>}}
******†''[[Torynobelodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Barbour, |1929</span>}}
******†''[[Aphanobelodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Wang ''et al.'', |2016</span>}}
******†''[[Platybelodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Borissiak, |1928</span>}}
*****†[[Gomphotheriidae]] <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Hay, |1922</span>}}
******†''[[Gomphotherium]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Burmeister, |1837</span>}}
******†''[[Blancotherium]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|May, |2019</span>}}
******†''[[Gnathabelodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Barbour & Sternberg, |1935</span>}}
******†''[[Eubelodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Barbour, |1914</span>}}
******†''[[Stegomastodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Pohlig, |1912</span>}}
******†''[[Sinomastodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Tobien ''et al.'', |1986</span>}}
******†''[[Notiomastodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Cabrera, |1929</span>}}
******†''[[Rhynchotherium]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Falconer, |1868</span>}}
******†''[[Cuvieronius]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Osborn, |1923</span>}}
*****[[Elephantoidea]] <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Gray, |1821</span>}}
******†[[Anancidae]] <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Hay, |1922</span>}}
*******†''[[Anancus]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Aymard, |1855</span>}}
*******†''[[Morrillia]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Osborn, |1924</span>}}
*******†''[[Paratetralophodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Tassy, |1983</span>}}
*******†''[[Pediolophodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Lambert, |2007</span>}}
*******†''[[Tetralophodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Falconer, |1857</span>}}
******†[[Stegodontidae]] <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Osborn, |1918</span>}}
*******†''[[Stegolophodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Schlesinger, |1917</span>}}
*******†''[[Stegodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Falconer, |1857</span>}}
******[[Elephantidae]] <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Gray, |1821</span>}}
*******†[[Stegotetrabelodontinae]] <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Aguirre, |1969</span>}}
********†''[[Stegodibelodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Coppens, |1972</span>}}
********†''[[Stegotetrabelodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Petrocchi, |1941</span>}}
********†''[[Selenotherium]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Mackaye, Brunet & Tassy, |2005</span>}}
*******[[Elephantinae]] <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Gray, |1821</span>}}
********†''[[Primelephas]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Maglio, |1970</span>}}
********†''[[Palaeoloxodon]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Matsumoto, |1924</span>}}
********†''[[Mammuthus]]'' <span style="font-variant: small-caps">{{zoo|Brookes, |1828</span>}}
== Evoluzione ==
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