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Allodesmus
Taxonomy
Allodesmus was named by Kellogg (1922) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l T Mi-m Sepkoski's reference number: 746]. Its type is Allodesmus kernensis.
It was assigned to Otariidae by Kellogg (1922) and Hay (1930); to Allodesmidae by Kellogg (1931); to Desmatophocinae by Mitchell (1966) and Barnes (1972); to Desmatophocini by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Carnivora by Sepkoski (2002); to Phocoidea by Berta (1994), Rice (1998), Berta (2002) and Berta (2009); to Allodesminae by Mitchell (1968), Barnes (1989), Barnes and Hirota (1995), Kohno (1996), Barnes (2008), Tonomori et al. (2018) and Boessenecker and Churchill (2018); to Desmatophocidae by Repenning and Tedford (1977), Carroll (1988), Deméré et al. (2003), Fulton and Strobeck (2010), Boessenecker (2011), Boessenecker and Churchill (2013), Berta (2017) and Velez-Juarbe (2018); and to Phocomorpha by Kienle and Berta (2019).
It was assigned to Otariidae by Kellogg (1922) and Hay (1930); to Allodesmidae by Kellogg (1931); to Desmatophocinae by Mitchell (1966) and Barnes (1972); to Desmatophocini by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Carnivora by Sepkoski (2002); to Phocoidea by Berta (1994), Rice (1998), Berta (2002) and Berta (2009); to Allodesminae by Mitchell (1968), Barnes (1989), Barnes and Hirota (1995), Kohno (1996), Barnes (2008), Tonomori et al. (2018) and Boessenecker and Churchill (2018); to Desmatophocidae by Repenning and Tedford (1977), Carroll (1988), Deméré et al. (2003), Fulton and Strobeck (2010), Boessenecker (2011), Boessenecker and Churchill (2013), Berta (2017) and Velez-Juarbe (2018); and to Phocomorpha by Kienle and Berta (2019).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1922 | Allodesmus Kellogg p. 26 |
| 1930 | Allodesmus Hay p. 557 |
| 1931 | Allodesmus Kellogg p. 227 |
| 1966 | Allodesmus Mitchell p. 4 |
| 1968 | Allodesmus Mitchell p. 1897 |
| 1972 | Allodesmus Barnes p. 5 |
| 1977 | Allodesmus Repenning and Tedford p. 74 |
| 1988 | Allodesmus Carroll |
| 1989 | Allodesmus Barnes p. 23 |
| 1994 | Allodesmus Berta p. 412 |
| 1995 | Brachyallodesmus Barnes and Hirota p. 332 |
| 1995 | Megagomphos Barnes and Hirota p. 335 figs. Figures 3, 4 |
| 1995 | Allodesmus Barnes and Hirota p. 339 |
| 1996 | Allodesmus Kohno p. 389 |
| 1997 | Allodesmus McKenna and Bell p. 255 |
| 1998 | Allodesmus Rice |
| 2002 | Allodesmus Berta p. 923 |
| 2002 | Allodesmus Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Allodesmus Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3 |
| 2008 | Allodesmus Barnes p. 530 |
| 2008 | Brachyallodesmus Barnes p. 531 |
| 2009 | Allodesmus Berta p. 863 |
| 2010 | Allodesmus Fulton and Strobeck p. 817 figs. Figue 1 |
| 2011 | Allodesmus Boessenecker p. 2 figs. Table 1 |
| 2013 | Allodesmus Boessenecker and Churchill p. 10 fig. 8 |
| 2017 | Allodesmus Berta p. 158 |
| 2017 | Brachyallodesmus Berta p. 158 |
| 2017 | Megagomphos Berta p. 158 |
| 2018 | Allodesmus Boessenecker and Churchill p. 19 figs. Table 9 |
| 2018 | Allodesmus Tonomori et al. p. 3 |
| 2018 | Allodesmus Velez-Juarbe p. 9 |
| 2019 | Allodesmus Kienle and Berta |
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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. †Allodesmus Kellogg 1922
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†Allodesmus demerei Boessenecker and Churchill 2018
†Allodesmus kernensis Kellogg 1922
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Invalid names: Allodesmus gracilis Barnes and Hirota 1995 [synonym], Allodesmus kelloggi Mitchell 1966 [synonym]
†Allodesmus naorai Kohno 1996
†Allodesmus packardi Barnes 1972
†Allodesmus sinanoensis Nagao 1941
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Invalid names: Allodesmus megallos Barnes and Hirota 1995 [synonym], Allodesmus sadoensis Barnes and Hirota 1995 [synonym]
†Allodesmus uraiporensis Tonomori et al. 2018
Invalid names: Brachyallodesmus Barnes and Hirota 1995 [synonym], Megagomphos Barnes and Hirota 1995 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| W. Tonomori et al. 2018 | Presence of prenarial shelf; presence of facet for tympanohyal within hyoid fossa; transversely expanded posterior lacerate foramen; weak and smooth lingual cingulum of P1–2; single-rooted P3–4 and M1; medially prominent calcaneal tuber, overlapping entocuneiform/mesocuneiform articulation. Dental formula: I3 · C1 · P4 · M1–2/I2 · C1 · P4 · M1–2 [13,14]. |
Measurements
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| References: Gingerich 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993 | |||||
Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 28.10000 to 11.60800 Ma
Collections (35 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chattian | USA (California) | A. kernensis (58148) | |
| Chattian | USA (Washington) | Pinnipedia indet. (191171) | |
| Langhian | Japan (Niigata) | A. sadoensis (59181) | |
| Langhian | Japan (Nagano) | A. sinanoensis (220345 220351) A. sp., A. sinanoensis (220347) | |
| Langhian | Japan | A. kernensis (56305) A. sinanoensis (220339) | |
| Langhian | Japan (Hokkaido) | A. uraiporensis (188758) | |
| Langhian | Mexico (Baja California) | A. sp. (52183) | |
| Langhian | USA (California) | A. kernensis (13192 13297) A. kernensis, A. sadoensis (59059) A. sp. (19595) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | USA (California) | A. sinanoensis (225315) A. sp. (46069 121152 151009) Atopotarus courseni (51110) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Japan (Nagano) | A. kernensis, Eumetopias sinanoensis (59179) | |
| Middle Miocene | USA (California) | A. sp. (65985) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan (Tochigi) | A. courseni (101905) | |
| Langhian - Tortonian | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | A. sp. (57778) | |
| Serravallian | Japan (Nagano) | A. sinanoensis (74909 220352 220354) A. sinanoensis, A. megallos (59182) A. sp., A. sinanoensis (220341) | |
| Serravallian | Japan (Ibaraki) | A. naorai (101978) | |
| Serravallian | USA (California) | A. kelloggi, A. gracilis (58987) | |
| Tortonian | USA (California) | A. sp. (46070) | |
| Tortonian | Japan (Nagano) | A. sinanoensis (220320) | |
| Tortonian | Japan (Gunma) | A. megallos (56950) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Washington) | A. demerei (191022) A. sp. (59183) |