| Description | Desmatophoca is an extinct genus of pinniped known from Early Miocene marine deposits in the Oregon and Washington State, US.
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| Rank | genus |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Phocidae : Desmatophoca |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Desmatophocidae : Desmatophoca |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Scientific Name | Desmatophoca Condon, 1906 |
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| Name Published In | Univ. Oregon Bull., 3, no. 3, Suppl. |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Desmatophoca | genus | belongs to Pinnipedia | stated without evidence | Condon, 1906 | | Desmatophoca | genus | belongs to Otariidae | stated without evidence | Kellogg, 1922 | | Desmatophoca | genus | belongs to Desmatophocidae | stated without evidence | Hay, 1930 | | Desmatophoca | genus | belongs to Desmatophocinae | stated without evidence | Mitchell, 1968 | | Desmatophoca | genus | belongs to Desmatophocidae | implied | Carroll, 1988 | | Desmatophoca | genus | belongs to Desmatophocinae | stated without evidence | Barnes, 1989 | | Desmatophoca | genus | belongs to Phocoidea | stated with evidence | Berta, 1994 | | Desmatophoca | genus | belongs to Desmatophocini | implied | McKenna and Bell, 1997 | | Desmatophoca | genus | belongs to Phocoidea | stated without evidence | Rice, 1998 | | Desmatophoca | genus | belongs to Carnivora | second hand | Sepkoski, 2002 | | Desmatophoca | genus | belongs to Phocoidea | stated without evidence | Berta, 2002 | | Desmatophoca | genus | belongs to Desmatophocidae | stated with evidence | Deméré et al., 2003 | | Desmatophoca | genus | belongs to Desmatophocinae | stated without evidence | Barnes, 2008 | | Desmatophoca | genus | belongs to Phocoidea | stated without evidence | Berta, 2009 | | Desmatophoca | genus | belongs to Desmatophocidae | stated without evidence | Fulton and Strobeck, 2010 | | Desmatophoca | genus | belongs to Phocomorpha | stated without evidence | Kienle and Berta, 2019 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 20.4 Ma
Miocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene |
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| Environment | marine (based on Pinnipedia) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Pinnipedimorpha) |
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| Reproduction | viviparous (based on Pinnipedimorpha) |
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| Ontogeny | modification of parts (based on Pinnipedimorpha) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Pinnipedimorpha) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | T. Condon. 1906. A new fossil pinniped (Desmatophoca oregonensis) from the Miocene of the Oregon coast. University of Oregon Bulletin 3(3):1-14 |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmatophoca |
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| Condon T. (1906) A new fossil pinniped (Desmatophoca oregonensis) from the Miocene of the Oregon coast, University of Oregon Bulletin 3 3, 1-14 |
| Kellogg R. (1922) Pinnipeds from Miocene and Pleistocene deposits of California, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 13 4, 23-132 |
| Hay O. P. (1930) Second Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington 390 II, 1-1074 |
| Mitchell E. D. (1968) The Mio-Pliocene pinniped Imagotaria, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 25 9, 1843-1900 |
| Barnes L. G. (1987) An early Miocene pinniped of the genus Desmatophoca (Mammalia: Otariidae) from Washington, Contributions in Science 382, 1-20 |
| Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698 |
| Barnes L. G. (1989) A new enaliarctine pinniped from the Astoria Formation, Oregon, and a classification of the Otariidae (Mammalia: Carnivora), Contributions in Science 403, 1-26 |
| Berta A. (1994) A new species of phocoid pinniped Pinnarctidion from the early Miocene of Oregon, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14 3, 405-413 |
| McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640 |
| Rice D. W. (1998) Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution, The Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication 4, 1-231 |
| Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560 |
| Deméré T. A., Berta A., et al (2003) Pinnipedimorph evolutionary biogeography, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279, 32-76 |
| Barnes L. G. (2008) Otarioidea, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 2, 523-541 |
| Berta A. (2009) Pinniped Evolution, Encyclopedia of Marine Mammal Evolution, 861-868 |
| Fulton T. L., Strobeck C. (2010) Multiple fossil calibrations, nuclear loci and mitochondrial genomes provide new insight into biogeography and divergence timing for true seals (Phocidae, Pinnipedia), Journal of Biogeography 37, 814-829 |
| Boessenecker R. W., Churchill M. (2013) A Reevaluation of the Morphology, Paleoecology, and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Enigmatic Walrus Pelagiarctos, PLoS One 8 1, e5411 |
| Berta A. (2017) , The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution, 1-198 |
| Kienle S. S., Berta A. (2019) The evolution of feeding strategies in phocid seals (Pinnipedia, Phocidae), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e1559172 |
| 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 |
| Univ. Oregon Bull., 3, no. 3, Suppl. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
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