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Lamprolithax simulans

Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae

Taxonomy
Lamprolithax simulans was named by Kellogg (1931). Its type specimen is USNM 11566 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sharktooth Hill, which is in a Langhian shoreface siltstone in the Temblor Formation of California. It is the type species of Lamprolithax.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Lamprolithax simulans Kellogg p. 381 figs. 119, 120
1977Lamprolithax simulans Barnes p. 327 figs. Table 3
2008Lamprolithax simulans Uhen et al. p. 584

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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
familyKentriodontidae
genusLamprolithax
speciessimulans

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.

†Lamprolithax simulans Kellogg 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available