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Desmatophoca
Taxonomy
Desmatophoca was named by Condon (1906) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-u T Mi-m Sepkoski's reference number: 746]. Its type is Desmatophoca oregonensis.
It was assigned to Pinnipedia by Condon (1906); to Otariidae by Kellogg (1922); to Desmatophocini by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Carnivora by Sepkoski (2002); to Desmatophocinae by Mitchell (1968), Barnes (1987), Barnes (1989) and Barnes (2008); to Phocoidea by Berta (1994), Rice (1998), Berta (2002) and Berta (2009); to Desmatophocidae by Hay (1930), Carroll (1988), Deméré et al. (2003), Fulton and Strobeck (2010), Boessenecker and Churchill (2013) and Berta (2017); and to Phocomorpha by Kienle and Berta (2019).
It was assigned to Pinnipedia by Condon (1906); to Otariidae by Kellogg (1922); to Desmatophocini by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Carnivora by Sepkoski (2002); to Desmatophocinae by Mitchell (1968), Barnes (1987), Barnes (1989) and Barnes (2008); to Phocoidea by Berta (1994), Rice (1998), Berta (2002) and Berta (2009); to Desmatophocidae by Hay (1930), Carroll (1988), Deméré et al. (2003), Fulton and Strobeck (2010), Boessenecker and Churchill (2013) and Berta (2017); and to Phocomorpha by Kienle and Berta (2019).
Species
D. brachycephala, D. oregonensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1906 | Desmatophoca Condon p. 1 |
| 1922 | Desmatophoca Kellogg p. 107 |
| 1930 | Desmatophoca Hay p. 557 |
| 1968 | Desmatophoca Mitchell p. 1897 |
| 1987 | Desmatophoca Barnes p. 4 |
| 1988 | Desmatophoca Carroll |
| 1989 | Desmatophoca Barnes p. 23 |
| 1994 | Desmatophoca Berta p. 412 |
| 1997 | Desmatophoca McKenna and Bell p. 255 |
| 1998 | Desmatophoca Rice |
| 2002 | Desmatophoca Berta p. 923 |
| 2002 | Desmatophoca Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Desmatophoca Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3 |
| 2008 | Desmatophoca Barnes p. 530 |
| 2009 | Desmatophoca Berta p. 863 |
| 2010 | Desmatophoca Fulton and Strobeck p. 817 figs. Figure 1 |
| 2013 | Desmatophoca Boessenecker and Churchill p. 10 fig. 8 |
| 2017 | Desmatophoca Berta p. 158 |
| 2019 | Desmatophoca Kienle and Berta |
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G. †Desmatophoca Condon 1906
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†Desmatophoca brachycephala Barnes 1987
†Desmatophoca oregonensis Condon 1906
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available