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Allodesmus packardi

Mammalia - Carnivora - Desmatophocidae

Taxonomy
Allodesmus packardi was named by Barnes (1972). Its type specimen is CAS 4371A, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ladera Bridge, which is in a Langhian/Serravallian lagoonal sandstone/siltstone in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

It was recombined as Brachyallodesmus packardi by Barnes and Hirota (1995) and Barnes (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Allodesmus packardi Barnes p. 41 figs. Fig. 18-21
1977Allodesmus packardi Repenning and Tedford p. 76
1989Allodesmus packardi Barnes p. 23
1995Brachyallodesmus packardi Barnes and Hirota p. 332
1996Allodesmus packardi Kohno p. 389
2003Allodesmus packardi Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2008Brachyallodesmus packardi Barnes p. 531
2018Allodesmus packardi Berta et al. p. 205 figs. Fig. 1
2018Allodesmus packardi Boessenecker and Churchill
2018Allodesmus packardi Tonomori et al. p. 4

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—PanpinnipediaWolsan et al. 2020
—Pinnipedimorpha
—Pinnipedia()
familyDesmatophocidae
subfamilyAllodesminae()
genusAllodesmus
speciespackardi

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.

†Allodesmus packardi Barnes 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteuc
Ontogeny: modification of partsuc
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousuc
Diet: carnivoreuc
Reproduction: viviparousuc
Created: 2012-04-17 11:16:56
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:16:56
Source: c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Gingerich 2003

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Serravallian or 15.97000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62USA (California) Atopotarus courseni (type locality: 51110)