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Allodesmus kernensis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Desmatophocidae

Taxonomy
Allodesmus kernensis was named by Kellogg (1922). Its type specimen is CAS 275, a mandible (right mandibular ramus), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Allodesmus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Allodesmus kernensis Kellogg p. 26 figs. Fig. 1-17
1930Allodesmus kernensis Hay p. 558
1966Allodesmus kelloggi Mitchell p. 4 figs. Plates 1-22
1970Allodesmus kernensis Barnes p. 4
1972Allodesmus kernensis Barnes p. 6
1977Allodesmus kernensis Repenning and Tedford p. 76
1989Allodesmus kernensis Barnes p. 23
1995Allodesmus kernensis Barnes and Hirota p. 340
1995Allodesmus kelloggi Barnes and Hirota p. 346
1995Allodesmus gracilis Barnes and Hirota p. 351 figs. Figures 12, 13
1996Allodesmus kernensis Kohno p. 389
2003Allodesmus kernensis Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2008Allodesmus gracilis Barnes p. 531
2008Allodesmus kelloggi Barnes p. 531
2008Allodesmus kernensis Barnes p. 531
2013Allodesmus gracilis Boessenecker and Churchill p. 10 fig. 8
2015Allodesmus kernensis Boessenecker and Churchill figs. Fig. 2
2018Allodesmus kernensis Berta et al. p. 205 figs. Fig. 1
2018Allodesmus kernensis Boessenecker and Churchill
2018Allodesmus kernensis Tonomori et al. p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
RankNameAuthor
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—PanpinnipediaWolsan et al. 2020
—Pinnipedimorpha
—Pinnipedia()
familyDesmatophocidae
subfamilyAllodesminae()
genusAllodesmus
specieskernensis

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.

†Allodesmus kernensis Kellogg 1922
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Invalid names: Allodesmus gracilis Barnes and Hirota 1995 [synonym], Allodesmus kelloggi Mitchell 1966 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteuc
Ontogeny: modification of partsuc
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousuc
Diet: carnivoreuc
Reproduction: viviparousuc
Created: 2012-04-17 11:16:56
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:16:56
Source: c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Gingerich 2003, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Serravallian or 28.10000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) Allodesmus kernensis (58148)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan Allodesmus kernensis (56305)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Allodesmus kernensis (13192 13297 59059)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Japan (Nagano) Allodesmus kernensis (59179)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (California) Allodesmus kelloggi, Allodesmus gracilis (58987)