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Liolithax kernensis

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Liolithax kernensis was named by Kellogg (1931). Its type specimen is CAS 4340, an other (periotic), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sharktooth Hill, which is in a Langhian shoreface siltstone in the Temblor Formation of California. It is the type species of Liolithax.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Liolithax kernensis Kellogg p. 375 figs. 115, 116
1977Liolithax kernensis Barnes p. 327 figs. Table 3
1985Liolithax kernensis Barnes p. 25
1995Liolithax kernensis Ichishima et al. p. 487
2008Liolithax kernensis Uhen et al. p. 589

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
genusLiolithax
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.

†Liolithax kernensis Kellogg 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-03-06 14:21:39
Modified: 2005-09-22 15:42:08
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: Langhian or 15.98000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Liolithax kernensis (52183)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (California) Liolithax kernensis (type locality: 13297)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63USA (California) Liolithax kernensis (46069)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246Mexico (Baja California Sur) Liolithax kernensis (57778)