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Desmostylia (desmostylian)
Taxonomy
Desmostylia was named by Reinhart (1953).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Desmostylia by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Paenungulata by Reinhart (1953); to Eutheria by Carroll (1988); to Behemota by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Mammalia by Reinhart (1959), Domning et al. (1986), Inuzuka (2000), Saegusa (2002), Sepkoski (2002) and Domning and Barnes (2007); to Tethytheria by McKenna (1975), Ray et al. (1994), Hasegawa et al. (1995), Domning (1996), Gheerbrandt et al. (2005) and Hasegawa and Kimura (2008); and to Perissodactyla by Cooper et al. (2014).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Desmostylia by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Paenungulata by Reinhart (1953); to Eutheria by Carroll (1988); to Behemota by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Mammalia by Reinhart (1959), Domning et al. (1986), Inuzuka (2000), Saegusa (2002), Sepkoski (2002) and Domning and Barnes (2007); to Tethytheria by McKenna (1975), Ray et al. (1994), Hasegawa et al. (1995), Domning (1996), Gheerbrandt et al. (2005) and Hasegawa and Kimura (2008); and to Perissodactyla by Cooper et al. (2014).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1923 | Desmostyliformes Hay p. 109 |
| 1930 | Desmostyliformes Hay p. 654 |
| 1932 | Desmostyliformes Simpson p. 424 |
| 1937 | Desmostyliformes VanderHoof p. 189 |
| 1941 | Desmostyliformes Kretzoi p. 155 |
| 1942 | Desmostyliformes VanderHoof p. 301 |
| 1953 | Desmostylia Reinhart p. 187 fig. none |
| 1957 | Desmostyliformes Pronina p. 312 |
| 1959 | Desmostylia Reinhart p. 64 |
| 1959 | Desmostyliformes Reinhart p. 65 |
| 1975 | Desmostylia McKenna p. 43 |
| 1986 | Desmostylia Domning et al. p. 5 |
| 1988 | Desmostylia Carroll |
| 1994 | Desmostylia Ray et al. p. 205 |
| 1995 | Desmostylia Hasegawa et al. p. 5 |
| 1996 | Desmostylia Domning p. 378 |
| 1997 | Desmostylia McKenna and Bell p. 375 |
| 2000 | Desmostylia Inuzuka p. 91 |
| 2002 | Desmostylia Saegusa p. 4 |
| 2002 | Desmostylia Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Desmostylia Gheerbrandt et al. p. 297 |
| 2007 | Desmostylia Domning and Barnes p. 749 |
| 2008 | Desmostylia Hasegawa and Kimura p. 16 |
| 2014 | Desmostylia Cooper et al. p. 7 |
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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.
Or. †Desmostylia Reinhart 1953 [desmostylian]
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G. †Behemotops Domning et al. 1986
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†Behemotops katsuiei Inuzuka 2000
†Behemotops proteus Domning et al. 1986
Or. †Desmostyloidea Abel 1933
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Fm. †Desmostylidae Osborn 1905
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G. †Desmostylus Marsh 1888
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†Desmostylus hesperus Marsh 1888
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Invalid names: Desmostylella typica Nagao 1937 [synonym], Desmostylus californicus Hay 1923 [synonym], Desmostylus cymatias Hannibal 1922 [synonym], Desmostylus minor Nagao 1937 [synonym], Desmostylus mirabilis Nagao 1935 [synonym], Desmostylus watasei Hay 1915 [synonym]
†Desmostylus japonicus Tokunaga and Iwasaki 1914
Invalid names: Desmostylella Nagao 1937 [synonym]
Fm. †Paleoparadoxiidae Reinhart 1959
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G. †Neoparadoxia Barnes 2013
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†Neoparadoxia cecilialina Barnes 2013
†Neoparadoxia repenningi Domning and Barnes 2007
G. †Paleoparadoxia Reinhart 1959
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†Paleoparadoxia media Inuzuka 2005
†Paleoparadoxia tabatai Tokunaga 1939
Invalid names: Behemotopsinae Inuzuka 1987 [empty], Paleoparadoxiinae Reinhart 1959 [empty]
G. †Jamilcotatus Aranda-Manteca and Barnes 1998
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†Jamilcotatus boreios Aranda-Manteca and Barnes 1998
†Jamilcotatus kumiaica Aranda-Manteca and Barnes 1998
Invalid names: Cornwalliidae Shikama 1966 [empty], Desmostyliformes Hay 1923 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available