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Oedolithax

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Oedolithax was named by Kellogg (1931) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m]. It is not extant. Its type is Oedolithax mira. It was considered monophyletic by Fordyce (2009).

It was assigned to Delphinidae by Kellogg (1931) and Simpson (1945); to Autoceta by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Delphinoidea by de Muizon (1988) and Fordyce and de Muizon (2001); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Delphinida by Uhen et al. (2008); and to Odontoceti by Barnes (1977), Carroll (1988) and Fordyce (2009).

Species
O. mira (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Oedolithax Kellogg
1945Oedolithax Simpson p. 103
1977Oedolithax Barnes p. 327
1988Oedolithax Carroll
1988Oedolithax de Muizon p. 162
1997Oedolithax McKenna and Bell p. 372
2001Oedolithax Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179
2002Oedolithax Sepkoski
2008Oedolithax Uhen et al. p. 585
2009Oedolithax Fordyce

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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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
genusOedolithax

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. †Oedolithax Kellogg 1931
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Oedolithax mira Kellogg 1931
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available