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Desmostylus hesperus
Taxonomy
Desmostylus hesperus was named by Marsh (1888). Its type specimen is YPM 1395d, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mission San Jose, east, which is in a Serravallian/Tortonian marine horizon in the Briones Formation of California.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1888 | Desmostylus hesperus Marsh p. 95 figs. 1-3 |
1898 | Desmostylus hesperus Trouessart p. 1006 |
1902 | Desmostylus hesperus Hay p. 583 |
1904 | Desmostylus hesperus Trouessart p. 751 |
1915 | Desmostylus watasei Hay p. 396 figs. not figured |
1915 | Desmostylus hesperus Hay p. 397 |
1915 | Desmostylus watasei Hay p. 397 |
1922 | Desmostylus hesperus Hannibal p. 238 |
1922 | Desmostylus cymatias Hannibal p. 239 |
1923 | Desmostylus californicus Hay p. 106 |
1925 | Desmostylus hesperus Zittel p. 266 |
1930 | Desmostylus californicus Hay p. 655 |
1930 | Desmostylus hesperus Hay p. 655 |
1935 | Desmostylus mirabilis Nagao p. 822 |
1937 | Desmostylus minor Nagao p. 46 |
1937 | Desmostylella typica Nagao p. 82 |
1937 | Desmostylus hesperus VanderHoof p. 189 |
1959 | Desmostylus hesperus Reinhart p. 65 |
1961 | Desmostylus mirabilis Ijiri and Kamei |
1966 | Desmostylus hesperus Shikama p. 157 |
1971 | Desmostylus hesperus Dubrovo and Sinel'nikova p. 671 |
1995 | Desmostylus hesperus Hasegawa et al. p. 5 |
1996 | Desmostylus hesperus Domning p. 394 |
2008 | Desmostylus hesperus Domning p. 642 |
2017 | Desmostylus hesperus Matsui p. 3 |
2019 | Desmostylus hesperus Matsui and Tsuihiji |
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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.
†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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available