Case 3515 Rhynchotherium Falconer, 1868 (Mammalia; Proboscidea): proposed conservation of usage by designation of Rhynchotherium falconeri Osborn, 1923 as the type species

The purpose of this application, under Article 81.1 of the Code, is to
conserve the long and widely used name Rhynchotherium Falconer, 1868, applied to
proboscidean fossils from North America, by designating Rhynchotherium falconeri
Osborn, 1923 as the type species. It has long been agreed that the cast of the holotype
of R. tlascalae Osborn, 1918, the type species of Rhynchotherium, belongs to the
genus Gomphotherium Burmeister, 1837, so preservation of the present usage of
the genus name Rhynchotherium requires a type species that fits the current concept
of the genus. It is proposed that Rhynchotherium falconeri Osborn, 1923 be
designated the type species.