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Loxolithax

Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae

Taxonomy
Loxolithax was named by Kellogg (1931) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m]. It is not extant. Its type is Loxolithax sinuosa. It was considered monophyletic by Barnes (1984).

It was assigned to Delphinidae by Kellogg (1931), Simpson (1945) and Wilson (1973); to Phocoenoidinae by Barnes (1984); to Phocaenidae by Carroll (1988); to Delphinoidea by de Muizon (1988); to Autoceta by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Phocoeninae by Fordyce and de Muizon (2001); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Kentriodontidae by Kazár (2006); and to Phocoenidae by Barnes (1977), Uhen et al. (2008) and Berta (2017).

Species
L. sinuosa (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Loxolithax Kellogg
1945Loxolithax Simpson p. 103
1973Loxolithax Wilson p. 2
1977Loxolithax Barnes p. 327
1984Loxolithax Barnes p. 18
1988Loxolithax Carroll
1988Loxolithax de Muizon p. 162
1997Loxolithax McKenna and Bell p. 372
2001Loxolithax Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179
2002Loxolithax Sepkoski
2006Loxolithax Kazár p. 279
2008Loxolithax Uhen et al. p. 591
2017Loxolithax Berta p. 165

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
superfamilyDelphinoidea
familyPhocoenidae()
genusLoxolithax

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. †Loxolithax Kellogg 1931
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†Loxolithax sinuosa Kellogg 1931
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available