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Properiptychus âśť

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4833117https://www.gbif.org/species/4833117
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)36946https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36946
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Phocidae : Properiptychus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-LaurasiatheriaWaddell et al. 1999
-ScrotiferaWaddell et al. 1999
-FeraeLinnaeus 1758
-CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
-CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivoraBowditch 1821
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
-PinnipedimorphaBerta et al. 1989
-Pinnipedia
familyPhocidaeGray 1821
genusProperiptychusAmeghino 1897
Scientific NameProperiptychus Ameghino, 1897
Name Published InBol. Inst. Geogr. Argent., 18
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Properiptychusgenusbelongs to Periptychidaestated with evidenceAmeghino, 1897
Properiptychusgenusbelongs to Monachinaestated without evidenceMuizon and Bond, 1982
Properiptychusgenusbelongs to MonachinaimpliedMcKenna and Bell, 1997
Properiptychusgenusbelongs to Monachinistated without evidenceKoretsky, 2001
Properiptychusgenusbelongs to Carnivorasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Properiptychusgenusbelongs to Phocidaestated with evidenceSoibelzon and Bond, 2013
Properiptychusgenusbelongs to Monachinaestated without evidenceBerta, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance13.8 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance13.8 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Environmentmarine (based on Pinnipedia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietpiscivore, carnivore (based on Phocidae)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Pinnipedimorpha)
Ontogenymodification of parts (based on Pinnipedimorpha)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite (based on Pinnipedimorpha)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. Ameghino. 1897. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)]. Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18(4–9):406-521

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Periptychus argentinus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Properiptychus argentinus âśť
species
listed (PBDB)213.8 Ma
Miocene
13.8 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1897Properiptychus Ameghino p. 439
1982Properiptychus Muizon and Bond p. 172
1996Properiptychus Cozzuol p. 327
1997Properiptychus McKenna and Bell p. 259
2001Properiptychus Koretsky p. 86
2002Properiptychus Sepkoski, Jr.
2013Properiptychus Soibelzon and Bond p. 172
2017Properiptychus Berta p. 157

References

Ameghino F. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)], Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18 4–9, 406-521
Muizon C., Bond M. (1982) Le Phocidae (Mammalia) de la Formation Parana (Entre Rios, Argentine), Bulletin de Musee de Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 4th ser, section C 4 3-4, 165-207
Cozzuol M. A. (1996) The record of aquatic mammals in southern South America, Munchner Geowissenshaftliche Abhandlungen. A, Geoligie und Palaontologie 30, 321-342
McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640
Koretsky I. (2001) Morphology and systematics of Miocene Phocinae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Paratethys and the North Atlantic region, Geologica Hungarica Series Palaeontologica 54, 1-109
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Soibelzon L. H., Bond M. (2013) Revisión de los carnívoros (Mammalia, Carnivora) acuáticos y continentales del Mioceno de la Mesopotamia Argentina, Assoiciación Paleontológica Argentina, Publicación Especial 14, 170-178
Berta A. (2017) , The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution, 1-198
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Argent. Époc. Geol. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Bol. Inst. Geogr. Argent., 18 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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