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Vanderhoofius
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Desmostylidae
Taxonomy
Vanderhoofius was named by Reinhart (1959). Its type is Vanderhoofius coalingensis. It was considered monophyletic by Beatty (2009).
It was assigned to Desmostylia by Domning (1996) and Domning (2008); to Desmostylia by Berta (2017); and to Desmostylidae by Reinhart (1959), Shikama (1966), Inuzuka et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Barnes and Goedert (2001), Beatty (2009) and Domning (2018).
It was assigned to Desmostylia by Domning (1996) and Domning (2008); to Desmostylia by Berta (2017); and to Desmostylidae by Reinhart (1959), Shikama (1966), Inuzuka et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Barnes and Goedert (2001), Beatty (2009) and Domning (2018).
Species
V. coalingensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1959 | Vanderhoofius Reinhart pp. 90-94 fig. 16 |
| 1966 | Vanderhoofius Shikama p. 165 |
| 1995 | Vanderhoofius Inuzuka et al. p. 524 |
| 1996 | Vanderhoofius Domning p. 395 |
| 1997 | Vanderhoofius McKenna and Bell p. 375 |
| 2001 | Vanderhoofius Barnes and Goedert p. 18 |
| 2008 | Vanderhoofius Domning p. 643 |
| 2009 | Vanderhoofius Beatty |
| 2017 | Vanderhoofius Berta p. 171 |
| 2018 | Vanderhoofius Domning p. 251 |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available