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Taxonomy
Otaria weddellii was named by Lesson (1826). It is extant.
It was recombined as Leptonyx weddellii by Gray (1836), Gray (1837), Gray (1844), Gray (1850), Gill (1866), Gray (1866); it was recombined as Leptonychotes weddelli by Gill (1872), Trouessart (1904), Turner (1912), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Stirling (1971), Riedman (1990), Koretsky (2001), Cullen et al. (2014); it was recombined as Stenorhynchus weddellii by Scott (1873); it was recombined as Ogmorhinus (Leptonychotes) weddelli by Friant (1947); it was recombined as Leptonychotes weddellii by Deméré et al. (2003), Berta et al. (2018), Kienle and Berta (2019).
It was recombined as Leptonyx weddellii by Gray (1836), Gray (1837), Gray (1844), Gray (1850), Gill (1866), Gray (1866); it was recombined as Leptonychotes weddelli by Gill (1872), Trouessart (1904), Turner (1912), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Stirling (1971), Riedman (1990), Koretsky (2001), Cullen et al. (2014); it was recombined as Stenorhynchus weddellii by Scott (1873); it was recombined as Ogmorhinus (Leptonychotes) weddelli by Friant (1947); it was recombined as Leptonychotes weddellii by Deméré et al. (2003), Berta et al. (2018), Kienle and Berta (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1826 | Otaria weddellii Lesson p. 437 |
| 1836 | Leptonyx weddellii Gray |
| 1837 | Leptonyx weddellii Gray p. 1 |
| 1844 | Leptonyx weddellii Gray p. 7 |
| 1850 | Leptonyx weddellii Gray p. 16 |
| 1866 | Leptonyx weddellii Gill p. 6 |
| 1866 | Leptonyx weddellii Gray p. 12 |
| 1872 | Leptonychotes weddelli Gill |
| 1873 | Stenorhynchus weddellii Scott p. 42 |
| 1904 | Leptonychotes weddelli Trouessart p. 284 |
| 1912 | Leptonychotes weddelli Turner p. 200 |
| 1947 | Ogmorhinus (Leptonychotes) weddelli Friant p. 6 |
| 1963 | Leptonychotes weddelli Scheffer and Rice p. 4 |
| 1971 | Leptonychotes weddelli Stirling p. 1 figs. Fig. 1-2 |
| 1990 | Leptonychotes weddelli Riedman p. 57 figs. Table 2 |
| 2001 | Leptonychotes weddelli Koretsky p. 87 |
| 2003 | Leptonychotes weddellii Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3 |
| 2014 | Leptonychotes weddelli Cullen et al. p. 1471 figs. Figure 1 |
| 2018 | Leptonychotes weddellii Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 4 |
| 2019 | Leptonychotes weddellii Kienle and Berta |
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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.
Leptonychotes weddellii Lesson 1826
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Gingerich 2003, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||