Desmostylidae

Desmostylus sp.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Desmostylia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Ordo: †Desmostylia

Familia: †Desmostylidae
Genera: †Ashoroa – †Cornwallius – †Desmostylus – †Kronokotherium – †Ounalashkastylus

Name

Desmostylidae Osborn, 1905: 109

References

Primary references

• Osborn, H.F. 1905. Ten years progress in the mammalian palaeontology of North America. pp. 86–113. BHL In Compte-rendu des séances du sixième Congrès international de zoologie, tenu à Berne du 14 au 19 août 1904. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.15748 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Matsui, K. & Tsuihiji, T. 2019. The phylogeny of desmostylians revisited: proposal of new clades based on robust phylogenetic hypotheses. PeerJ 7: e7430. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7430 Reference page. 

Links

• Desmostylidae – Taxon details on Fossilworks.