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Vanderhoofius

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Desmostylidae

Taxonomy

Vanderhoofius was named by Reinhart (1959). 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), Domning (2018) and Matsui and Tsuihiji (2019).

Species

V. coalingensis

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
2019	Vanderhoofius Matsui and Tsuihiji

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes

Rank	Name	Author
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Panperissodactyla
superorder	Perissodactylamorpha
order	Perissodactyla	()
order	Desmostylia
order	Desmostyloidea	Abel 1933
family	Desmostylidae
genus	Vanderhoofius

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. †Vanderhoofius Reinhart 1959

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†Vanderhoofius coalingensis Reinhart 1959

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteo

Ontogeny:

modification of partso

Environment:

coastalo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

amphibiouso

Diet:

herbivoreo

Reproduction:

viviparouso

Created:

2005-09-11 17:03:02

Modified:

2019-05-28 17:19:55

Source: o = order

Reference: Domning et al. 1986

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	USA (California)	V. coalingensis (40518)