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Taxonomy
Thalassoleon was named by Repenning and Tedford (1977) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u-u T Plio Sepkoski's reference number: 746]. Its type is Thalassoleon mexicanus.
It was assigned to Callorhinae by Muizon (1978); to Carnivora by Sepkoski (2002); to Otariinae by Barnes (1989), Vidal (1991), Kohno (1992), Koretsky and Barnes (2006) and Barnes (2008); to Otariidae by Repenning and Tedford (1977), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Berta (2002), Deméré et al. (2003), Deméré and Berta (2005), Berta (2009), Boessenecker and Churchill (2015), Berta (2017) and Berta (2018); and to Otariidae by Berta et al. (2018) and Tsuzuku and Kohno (2020).
It was assigned to Callorhinae by Muizon (1978); to Carnivora by Sepkoski (2002); to Otariinae by Barnes (1989), Vidal (1991), Kohno (1992), Koretsky and Barnes (2006) and Barnes (2008); to Otariidae by Repenning and Tedford (1977), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Berta (2002), Deméré et al. (2003), Deméré and Berta (2005), Berta (2009), Boessenecker and Churchill (2015), Berta (2017) and Berta (2018); and to Otariidae by Berta et al. (2018) and Tsuzuku and Kohno (2020).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1977 | Thalassoleon Repenning and Tedford p. 60 figs. Plates 20-23; Figure 5 |
1978 | Thalassoleon Muizon p. 183 figs. Fig. 4 |
1988 | Thalassoleon Carroll |
1989 | Thalassoleon Barnes p. 23 |
1991 | Thalassoleon Vidal p. 6 |
1992 | Thalassoleon Kohno p. 16 |
1997 | Thalassoleon McKenna and Bell p. 253 |
2002 | Thalassoleon Berta p. 923 |
2002 | Thalassoleon Sepkoski |
2003 | Thalassoleon Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3 |
2005 | Thalassoleon Deméré and Berta p. 382 |
2006 | Thalassoleon Koretsky and Barnes p. 145 |
2008 | Thalassoleon Barnes p. 529 |
2009 | Thalassoleon Berta p. 863 |
2015 | Thalassoleon Boessenecker and Churchill figs. Fig. 2 |
2017 | Thalassoleon Berta p. 156 |
2018 | Thalassoleon Berta p. 713 figs. Fig. 2 |
2018 | Thalassoleon Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 5 |
2020 | Thalassoleon Tsuzuku and Kohno p. 6 |
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G. †Thalassoleon Repenning and Tedford 1977
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†Thalassoleon inouei Kohno 1992
†Thalassoleon macnallyae Repenning and Tedford 1977
†Thalassoleon mexicanus Repenning and Tedford 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available