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Dusignathus
Taxonomy
Dusignathus was named by Kellogg (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u-u Sepkoski's reference number: 746].
It was assigned to Otariidae by Kellogg (1927), Hay (1930); to Odobaenidae by Carroll (1988); to Dusignathina by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Carnivora by Sepkoski (2002); to Neodobenia by Magallanes et al. (2018); to Odobenidae by Boessenecker (2013), Berta (2018); and to Dusignathinae by Repenning and Tedford (1977), Barnes (1989), Vidal (1991), Barnes and Raschke (1991), Deméré (1994), Deméré (1994), Horikawa (1995), Berta (2002), Deméré et al. (2003), Kohno (2006), Barnes (2008), Berta (2009), Boessenecker and Churchill (2013), Berta (2017), Berta et al. (2018), Biewer et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Otariidae by Kellogg (1927), Hay (1930); to Odobaenidae by Carroll (1988); to Dusignathina by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Carnivora by Sepkoski (2002); to Neodobenia by Magallanes et al. (2018); to Odobenidae by Boessenecker (2013), Berta (2018); and to Dusignathinae by Repenning and Tedford (1977), Barnes (1989), Vidal (1991), Barnes and Raschke (1991), Deméré (1994), Deméré (1994), Horikawa (1995), Berta (2002), Deméré et al. (2003), Kohno (2006), Barnes (2008), Berta (2009), Boessenecker and Churchill (2013), Berta (2017), Berta et al. (2018), Biewer et al. (2020).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1927 | Dusignathus Kellogg p. 27 figs. Fig. 1-8 |
| 1930 | Dusignathus Hay p. 558 |
| 1977 | Dusignathus Repenning and Tedford p. 43 |
| 1988 | Dusignathus Carroll |
| 1989 | Dusignathus Barnes p. 23 |
| 1991 | Dusignathus Barnes and Raschke p. 2 |
| 1991 | Dusignathus Vidal p. 6 |
| 1994 | Dusignathus Deméré p. 91 |
| 1995 | Dusignathus Horikawa p. 322 figs. Table 4 |
| 1997 | Dusignathus McKenna and Bell p. 256 |
| 2002 | Dusignathus Berta p. 923 |
| 2002 | Dusignathus Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Dusignathus Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3 |
| 2006 | Dusignathus Kohno p. 418 |
| 2008 | Dusignathus Barnes p. 534 |
| 2009 | Dusignathus Berta p. 863 |
| 2013 | Dusignathus Boessenecker p. 824 |
| 2013 | Dusignathus Boessenecker and Churchill p. 10 fig. 8 |
| 2017 | Dusignathus Berta p. 156 |
| 2018 | Dusignathus Berta p. 714 figs. Fig. 3 |
| 2018 | Dusignathus Berta et al. p. 217 figs. Fig. 6 |
| 2018 | Dusignathus Magallanes et al. p. 30 figs. Fig. 14 |
| 2020 | Dusignathus Biewer et al. |
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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.
G. †Dusignathus Kellogg 1927
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†Dusignathus santacruzensis Kellogg 1927
†Dusignathus seftoni Deméré 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kohno et al. 1995, Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993 | |||||
Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Piacenzian or 11.63000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tortonian | USA (California) | D. sp. (52216) | |
| Tortonian - Piacenzian | USA (California) | D. santacruzensis (188305) | |
| Messinian | Mexico (Baja California) | D. santacruzensis (45458) | |
| Messinian | USA (California) | D. santacruzensis (52217 75783 152096) D. santacruzensis, Odobenidae indet. (152092) Odobenidae indet. (58990) | |
| Zanclean | USA (California) | D. seftoni (184960) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | D. seftoni (118208 184958) |