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Taxonomy
Semantor was named by Orlov (1932). Its type is Semantor macrurus.
It was assigned to Semantoridae by Orlov (1932) and Sato et al. (2009); to Mustelidae by Koretsky and Domning (2014); and to Pinnipedimorpha by Paterson et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Semantoridae by Orlov (1932) and Sato et al. (2009); to Mustelidae by Koretsky and Domning (2014); and to Pinnipedimorpha by Paterson et al. (2019).
Species
S. macrurus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1932 | Semantor Orlov p. 165 |
| 2009 | Semantor Sato et al. p. 917 |
| 2014 | Semantor Koretsky and Domning p. 224 |
| 2019 | Semantor Paterson et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993 | |||||