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Desmostylus hesperus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Desmostylidae

Taxonomy
Desmostylus hesperus was named by Marsh (1888). Its type specimen is YPM 1395d, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mission San Jose, east, which is in a Serravallian/Tortonian marine horizon in the Briones Formation of California.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Desmostylus hesperus Marsh p. 95
1898Desmostylus hesperus Trouessart p. 1006
1902Desmostylus hesperus Hay p. 583
1904Desmostylus hesperus Trouessart p. 751
1915Desmostylus watasei Hay p. 396 figs. not figured
1915Desmostylus hesperus Hay p. 397
1915Desmostylus watasei Hay p. 397
1922Desmostylus hesperus Hannibal p. 238
1922Desmostylus cymatias Hannibal p. 239 figs. Plate 11
1923Desmostylus californicus Hay p. 106
1925Desmostylus hesperus Zittel p. 266
1930Desmostylus californicus Hay p. 655
1930Desmostylus hesperus Hay p. 655
1935Desmostylus mirabilis Nagao p. 822
1937Desmostylus minor Nagao p. 46
1937Desmostylella typica Nagao p. 82
1937Desmostylus hesperus VanderHoof p. 189
1959Desmostylus hesperus Reinhart p. 65
1961Desmostylus mirabilis Ijiri and Kamei
1966Desmostylus hesperus Shikama p. 157
1971Desmostylus hesperus Dubrovo and Sinel'nikova p. 671
1995Desmostylus hesperus Hasegawa et al. p. 5
1996Desmostylus hesperus Domning p. 394
2008Desmostylus hesperus Domning p. 642
2017Desmostylus hesperus Matsui p. 3
2019Desmostylus hesperus Matsui and Tsuihiji

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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
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
orderDesmostylia
orderDesmostyloideaAbel 1933
familyDesmostylidae
genusDesmostylus
specieshesperus

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.

†Desmostylus hesperus Marsh 1888
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Invalid names: Desmostylella typica Nagao 1937 [synonym], Desmostylus californicus Hay 1923 [synonym], Desmostylus cymatias Hannibal 1922 [synonym], Desmostylus minor Nagao 1937 [synonym], Desmostylus mirabilis Nagao 1935 [synonym], Desmostylus watasei Hay 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: coastalo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: amphibiouso
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-09-11 17:03:02
Modified: 2019-05-28 17:19:55
Source: o = order
Reference: Domning et al. 1986

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.03000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) Desmostylus hesperus (59072)
Arikareean - Hemingfordian29.5 - 15.97USA (Oregon) Desmostylus hesperus (90464)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (Washington) Desmostylidae indet. (45481)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (California) Desmostylus hesperus (58899)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Desmostylus minor (91506)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Desmostylus hesperus (91478 91480 91481 91486 91543 234513) Desmostylus sp. (91485)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58Japan (Hokkaido) Desmostylus minor (101825)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Oregon) Desmostylus cymatias (107680) Desmostylus hesperus, Desmostylus cymatias (60339) Desmostylus sp. (18929)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82USA (California) Desmostylus hesperus (52180 159670)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) Desmostylus hesperus (59073)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Desmostylus hesperus (91533 91534 91538 91539 91540 91541 91545) Desmostylus sp. (59074)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Desmostylus hesperus (52183)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Desmostylus hesperus (13297)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Desmostylus hesperus (59165)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Mexico (Baja California Sur) Desmostylus hesperus (13450)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62USA (California) Desmostylus hesperus (71072)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation (Sakhalinskaya) Desmostylus mirabilis (70452)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Desmostylus hesperus (91479 91484 159600 159665 159666 159667 159668 159669 159671 159672)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Iwate) Desmostylella typica (46041)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation Desmostylus hesperus (118952)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Japan (Hokkaido) Desmostylus sp. (72262)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246USA (California) Desmostylus hesperus (type locality: 13093 40517 159596 159597 159598 159599 159673)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) Desmostylus hesperus (46070)