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Lobodontini
Taxonomy
Lobodontini was named by Gray (1869).
It was reranked as the subfamily Lobodoninae by Kellogg (1922); it was reranked as the subfamily Lobodontinae by Weber (1928), Hay (1930); it was reranked as the subtribe Lobodontina by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Phocidae by Kellogg (1922), Weber (1928), Hay (1930); to Monachini by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Monachinae by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Stirling (1971), Muizon and Hendey (1980), Muizon (1981), Ling and Bryden (1992), Rice (1998), Koretsky (2001), Davis et al. (2004), Koretsky and Barnes (2008), Fulton and Strobeck (2010), Amson and Muizon (2013), Govender (2018), Berta et al. (2018), Kienle and Berta (2019), Dewaele and de Muizon (2024), Hafed et al. (2024), Dewaele and de Muizon (2025).
It was reranked as the subfamily Lobodoninae by Kellogg (1922); it was reranked as the subfamily Lobodontinae by Weber (1928), Hay (1930); it was reranked as the subtribe Lobodontina by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Phocidae by Kellogg (1922), Weber (1928), Hay (1930); to Monachini by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Monachinae by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Stirling (1971), Muizon and Hendey (1980), Muizon (1981), Ling and Bryden (1992), Rice (1998), Koretsky (2001), Davis et al. (2004), Koretsky and Barnes (2008), Fulton and Strobeck (2010), Amson and Muizon (2013), Govender (2018), Berta et al. (2018), Kienle and Berta (2019), Dewaele and de Muizon (2024), Hafed et al. (2024), Dewaele and de Muizon (2025).
Subtaxa
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2003-03-06; modified by M. Uhen on 2013-04-30
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1869 | Lobodontini Gray |
| 1922 | Lobodoninae Kellogg p. 89 |
| 1928 | Lobodontinae Weber p. 352 |
| 1930 | Lobodontinae Hay p. 562 |
| 1963 | Lobodontini Scheffer and Rice p. 3 |
| 1971 | Lobodontini Stirling p. 1 |
| 1980 | Lobodontini Muizon and Hendey p. 94 |
| 1981 | Lobodontini Muizon p. 19 |
| 1992 | Lobodontini Ling and Bryden p. 1 |
| 1997 | Lobodontina McKenna and Bell p. 259 |
| 1998 | Lobodontini Rice |
| 2001 | Lobodontini Koretsky p. 86 |
| 2004 | Lobodontini Davis et al. p. 365 |
| 2008 | Lobodontini Koretsky and Barnes p. 551 |
| 2010 | Lobodontini Fulton and Strobeck p. 817 figs. Figure 1 |
| 2013 | Lobodontini Amson and Muizon |
| 2018 | Lobodontini Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 2 |
| 2018 | Lobodontini Govender p. 2 |
| 2019 | Lobodontini Kienle and Berta |
| 2024 | Lobodontini Dewaele and de Muizon p. 34 |
| 2024 | Lobodontini Hafed et al. |
| 2025 | Lobodontini Dewaele and de Muizon p. 468 |
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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.
Tr. †Lobodontini Gray 1869
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G. †Hadrokirus Amson and Muizon 2013
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†Hadrokirus martini Amson and Muizon 2013
†Hadrokirus novotini Hafed et al. 2023
G. †Homiphoca Muizon and Hendey 1980
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†Homiphoca capensis Hendey and Repenning 1972
†Homiphoca murfreesi Hafed et al. 2023
G. Hydrurga Gistel 1848 [leopard seal]
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Hydrurga leptonyx de Blainville 1820 [leopard seal]
Invalid names: Ogmorhinus Peters 1875 [synonym], Ogmorhinus (Ogmorhinus) Trouessart 1904 [invalid subgroup]
G. Leptonychotes Gill 1872 [Weddell seal]
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Leptonychotes weddellii Lesson 1826
Invalid names: Leptonyx Gray 1837 [synonym], Peocilophoca Lydekker 1891 [synonym], Poecilophoca Lydekker 1891 [synonym]
G. Lobodon Gray 1844 [crabeater seal]
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Lobodon carcinophaga Hombron and Jacquinot 1843 [crabeater seal]
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Invalid names: Stenorhynchus serridens Owen 1843 [synonym]
Invalid names: Leptorhynchus Gray 1844 [synonym], Ogmorhinus Turner 1888 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available