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Dugong (dugong)

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Dugong Lacépède
1803Platystomus Fischer von Waldheim p. 353
1808Dugungus Tiedemann p. 554
1811Halicore Illiger p. 140
1814Amblychilus Fischer von Waldheim p. 638
1821Dugong Gray p. 309
1821Dugongidus Gray p. 309
1822Halicora Fleming p. 204
1825Halicore Gray p. 340
1829Halicore Fischer p. 502
1849Halicore Brandt p. 1
1850Halicore Gray p. 141
1853Halicore Pictet p. 373
1866Halicore Gray p. 360
1872Halicore Gill p. 92
1898Halicore Trouessart p. 1006
1904Dugong Palmer p. 248
1904Halicore Trouessart p. 751
1912Halicore Turner p. 145
1919Halicore Abel p. 835
1925Halicore Zittel p. 264
1932Dugong Simpson p. 424
1963Dugong Scheffer and Rice p. 4
1973Dugong Heal p. 200
1978Dugong Domning
1978Dugong Husar p. 1
1994Dugong Domning p. 189
1996Dugong Domning p. 391
1997Dugong Domning p. 398
1998Dugong Rice p. 131
2014Dugong Voss p. 91 figs. Figure 3
2018Dugong Domning p. 857 figs. Fig. 1

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyDugongidae
subfamilyDugonginae
genusDugong

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.

G. Dugong Lacépède 1799 [dugong]
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Dugong dugon Illiger 1811 [dugong]
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Invalid names: Dugong indicus Lacépède 1799 [synonym], Halicore australis Owen 1847 [synonym], Halicore cetacea Heuglin 1877 [synonym], Halicore hemprichii Ehrenberg 1832 [synonym], Halicore lottum Ehrenberg 1832 [synonym], Halicore tabernaculi Ruppell 1843 [synonym], Trichechus dugung Erxleben 1777 [synonym]
Invalid names: Amblychilus Fischer von Waldheim 1814 [synonym], Dugongidus Gray 1821 [synonym], Dugungus Tiedemann 1808 [synonym], Halicora Fleming 1822 [synonym], Halicore [synonym], Platystomus Fischer von Waldheim 1803 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available