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Desmostylia (desmostylian)
Taxonomy
Desmostylia was named by Reinhart (1959). It is not extant.
It was reranked as the unranked clade Desmostylia by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Eutheria by Carroll (1988); to Tethytheria by McKenna (1975) and Domning (1996); to Behemota by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Mammalia by Reinhart (1959), Domning et al. (1986), Inuzuka (2000), Saegusa (2002), Sepkoski (2002) and Domning and Barnes (2007).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Desmostylia by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Eutheria by Carroll (1988); to Tethytheria by McKenna (1975) and Domning (1996); to Behemota by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Mammalia by Reinhart (1959), Domning et al. (1986), Inuzuka (2000), Saegusa (2002), Sepkoski (2002) and Domning and Barnes (2007).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1923 | Desmostyliformes Hay p. 109 |
| 1930 | Desmostyliformes Hay p. 654 |
| 1932 | Desmostyliformes Simpson p. 424 |
| 1941 | Desmostyliformes Kretzoi p. 155 |
| 1957 | Desmostyliformes Pronina p. 312 |
| 1959 | Desmostylia Reinhart p. 64 |
| 1959 | Desmostyliformes Reinhart p. 65 |
| 1975 | Desmostylia McKenna p. 43 |
| 1986 | Desmostylia Domning et al. p. 5 |
| 1988 | Desmostylia Carroll |
| 1996 | Desmostylia Domning p. 378 |
| 1997 | Desmostylia McKenna and Bell p. 375 |
| 1998 | Jamilcotatus Aranda-Manteca and Barnes p. 4 figs. not figured |
| 1998 | Jamilcotatus boreios Aranda-Manteca and Barnes p. 4 figs. not figured |
| 1998 | Jamilcotatus kumiaica Aranda-Manteca and Barnes p. 4 figs. not figured |
| 2000 | Desmostylia Inuzuka p. 91 |
| 2002 | Desmostylia Saegusa p. 4 |
| 2002 | Desmostylia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2007 | Desmostylia Domning and Barnes p. 749 |
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