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Hydrodamalis cuestae (Cuesta sea cow)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy
Hydrodamalis cuestae was named by Domning (1978). Its type specimen is UCMP 86433, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Avilla Beach W, which is in a Piacenzian offshore shelf sandstone in the Pismo Formation of California.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Hydrodamalis cuestae Domning
1988Hydrodamalis spissus Furusawa p. 13
1990Hydrodamalis spissa Furusawa p. 100
1994Hydrodamalis cuestae Domning p. 189
1994Hydrodamalis cuestae Furusawa and Kohno p. 29 figs. Table 1
1994Hydrodamalis spissa Furusawa and Kohno p. 29
1995Hydrodamalis spissa Domning and Furusawa pp. 509-509
1996Hydrodamalis cuestae Domning p. 389
2005Hydrodamalis cuestae Furusawa p. 31
2005Hydrodamalis spissa Furusawa p. 31
2008Hydrodamalis cuestae Domning
2014Hydrodamalis cuestae Voss p. 91 figs. Figure 3

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyDugongidae
subfamilyHydrodamalinae()
genusHydrodamalis
speciescuestae

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.

†Hydrodamalis cuestae Domning 1978 [Cuesta sea cow]
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Invalid names: Hydrodamalis spissa Furusawa 1988 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Domning 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 10.30000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) Hydrodamalis cuestae (50069)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) Hydrodamalis cuestae (52220)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Hydrodamalis cuestae (52223)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan Hydrodamalis spissa (65242)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Hokkaido) Hydrodamalis spissa (56358 204972)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Japan (Hokkaido) Sirenia indet. (45803)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Hydrodamalis cuestae (50068)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Hydrodamalis cuestae (52221 52227)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California) Hydrodamalis cuestae (52229)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Hydrodamalis cuestae (type locality: 13451 19703 52218 52219)