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Desmostylus
Taxonomy
Desmostylus was named by Marsh (1888) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l T Mi-u].
It was assigned to Halitheriidae by Hay (1902) and Palmer (1904); to Halicoridae by Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); to Desmostyliformes by Hay (1923); to Sirenia by Marsh (1888) and Clark and Arnold (1923); to Sirenia by Zittel (1925); to Desmostylia by Domning et al. (1986), Hasegawa et al. (1995), Domning (1996), Sepkoski (2002) and Domning (2008); to Desmostylia by Berta (2017); and to Desmostylidae by Hay (1915), Hay (1930), Simpson (1932), VanderHoof (1937), Kretzoi (1941), Reinhart (1959), Shikama (1966), Dubrovo and Sinel'nikova (1971), Carroll (1988), Inuzuka et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Inuzuka (2000), Barnes and Goedert (2001), Beatty (2009), Boessenecker (2011), Matsui (2017), Domning (2018), Matsui and Tsuihiji (2019) and Matsui and Pyenson (2023).
It was assigned to Halitheriidae by Hay (1902) and Palmer (1904); to Halicoridae by Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); to Desmostyliformes by Hay (1923); to Sirenia by Marsh (1888) and Clark and Arnold (1923); to Sirenia by Zittel (1925); to Desmostylia by Domning et al. (1986), Hasegawa et al. (1995), Domning (1996), Sepkoski (2002) and Domning (2008); to Desmostylia by Berta (2017); and to Desmostylidae by Hay (1915), Hay (1930), Simpson (1932), VanderHoof (1937), Kretzoi (1941), Reinhart (1959), Shikama (1966), Dubrovo and Sinel'nikova (1971), Carroll (1988), Inuzuka et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Inuzuka (2000), Barnes and Goedert (2001), Beatty (2009), Boessenecker (2011), Matsui (2017), Domning (2018), Matsui and Tsuihiji (2019) and Matsui and Pyenson (2023).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1888 | Desmostylus Marsh pp. 94-96 |
| 1898 | Desmostylus Trouessart p. 1006 |
| 1902 | Desmostylus Hay p. 583 |
| 1904 | Desmostylus Palmer p. 224 |
| 1904 | Desmostylus Trouessart p. 751 |
| 1915 | Desmostylus Hay p. 385 |
| 1923 | Desmostylus Clark and Arnold p. 177 |
| 1923 | Desmostylus Hay p. 109 |
| 1925 | Desmostylus Zittel p. 265 |
| 1930 | Desmostylus Hay p. 654 |
| 1932 | Desmostylus Simpson p. 425 |
| 1937 | Desmostylella Nagao |
| 1937 | Desmostylus VanderHoof p. 189 |
| 1941 | Desmostylus Kretzoi p. 155 |
| 1959 | Desmostylus Reinhart p. 65 |
| 1966 | Desmostylus Shikama p. 157 |
| 1971 | Desmostylus Dubrovo and Sinel'nikova p. 671 |
| 1986 | Desmostylus Domning et al. p. 36 figs. Fig. 22 |
| 1988 | Desmostylus Carroll |
| 1995 | Desmostylus Hasegawa et al. p. 5 |
| 1995 | Desmostylus Inuzuka et al. p. 524 |
| 1996 | Desmostylus Domning p. 394 |
| 1997 | Desmostylus McKenna and Bell p. 375 |
| 2000 | Desmostylus Inuzuka p. 93 |
| 2001 | Desmostylus Barnes and Goedert p. 18 |
| 2002 | Desmostylus Sepkoski |
| 2008 | Desmostylus Domning p. 642 |
| 2009 | Desmostylus Beatty |
| 2011 | Desmostylus Boessenecker p. 2 |
| 2017 | Desmostylus Berta p. 171 |
| 2017 | Desmostylus Matsui p. 3 |
| 2018 | Desmostylus Domning p. 251 |
| 2019 | Desmostylus Matsui and Tsuihiji p. 10 |
| 2023 | Desmostylus Matsui and Pyenson p. 4 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Desmostylus Marsh 1888
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†Desmostylus hesperus Marsh 1888
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Invalid names: Desmostylella typica Nagao 1937 [synonym], Desmostylus californicus Hay 1923 [synonym], Desmostylus cymatias Hannibal 1922 [synonym], Desmostylus minor Nagao 1937 [synonym], Desmostylus mirabilis Nagao 1935 [synonym], Desmostylus watasei Hay 1915 [synonym]
†Desmostylus japonicus Tokunaga and Iwasaki 1914
Invalid names: Desmostylella Nagao 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available