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Wortmania otariidens

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Hemiganus otariidens was named by Cope (1885). Its type specimen is AMNH 3394 (lectotype), a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Hemiganus.

It was recombined as Wortmania otariidens by Hay (1899), Hay (1902), Matthew (1937), Lucas et al. (1998) and Lucas et al. (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Hemiganus otariidens Cope p. 492
1888Hemiganus otariidens Cope p. 311
1899Wortmania otariidens Hay p. 593
1902Wortmania otariidens Hay p. 573
1937Wortmania otariidens Matthew p. 271
1993Schochia sullivani Lucas and Williamson p. 175
1998Schochia sullivani Lucas et al.
1998Wortmania otariidens Lucas et al.
2011Robertschochia sullivani Lucas

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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
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Taeniodonta(Cope 1876)
Stylinodontidae(Marsh 1875)
genusWortmania
speciesotariidens()

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.

Wortmania otariidens Cope 1885
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Invalid names: Robertschochia sullivani Lucas and Williamson 1993 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available