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Phocoena

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)63542https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=63542
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Phocoenidae : Phocoena
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
-ReptiliomorphaS盲ve-S枚derbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaS盲ve-S枚derbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
orderCetaceaBrisson 1762
-PelagicetiUhen 2008
-NeocetiFordyce and de Muizon 2001
suborderOdontocetiFlower 1867
infraorderDelphinidaMuizon 1984
superfamilyDelphinoideaFlower 1865
familyPhocoenidae
genusPhocoena(Cuvier 1816)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Delphinidaestated without evidenceGray, 1821
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Phocaeninastated without evidenceGray, 1825
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Delphinidaestated without evidenceDe Kay, 1842
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Monoceratinastated without evidenceGray, 1846
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Delphinidaestated without evidenceGray, 1850
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Phocaeninastated without evidenceGray, 1864
Phocoenasubgenusbelongs to Delphinusstated without evidenceLankester, 1864
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Delphinidaestated without evidenceGray, 1866
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Delphininaestated without evidenceFlower, 1867
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Phocaeninastated without evidenceGray, 1868
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Delphinidaestated without evidenceScammon and Cope, 1869
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Delphininaestated without evidenceGill, 1871
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Delphinidaestated without evidenceAmeghino, 1889
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Phocaeninaestated without evidenceWeber, 1928
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Phocaenidaestated without evidenceSimpson, 1945
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Phocininaestated without evidenceFraser and Purves, 1960
Phocoenagenusmisspelling of Phocoenastated with evidenceHershkovitz, 1961
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Delphininaestated without evidenceScheffer and Rice, 1963
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Phocoenidaestated without evidenceHershkovitz, 1966
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Phocoeninaestated without evidenceKasuya, 1973
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Phocoenidaestated without evidenceGaskin et al., 1974
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Phocoeninaestated without evidenceBarnes, 1985
Phocoenagenusbelongs to PhocaenidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Phocoenidaestated without evidenceJefferson, 1988
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Phocoeninaestated without evidencede Muizon, 1988
Phocoenagenusbelongs to PhocoeninaeimpliedMcKenna and Bell, 1997
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Phocoenidaestated without evidenceRice, 1998
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Phocoeninaestated without evidenceFordyce and de Muizon, 2001
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Cetaceasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Phocoenidaestated without evidenceGeisler and Sanders, 2003
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Phocoenidaestated with evidenceFajardo-Mellor et al., 2006
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Phocoenidaestated without evidenceAgnarsson and May-Collado, 2008
Phocoenagenusbelongs to Phocoenidaestated with evidenceMurakami et al., 2014
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)6
Extant Size (PBDB)6 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene
Environmentmarine,freshwater (based on Odontoceti)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Cetacea)
Dietpiscivore (based on Phocoenidae)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Odontoceti)
Ontogenymodification of parts (based on Cetacea)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite (based on Odontoceti)
Primary Reference (PBDB)K. S. Norris and W. N. McFarland. 1958. A new harbor porpoise of the genus Phocoena from the Gulf of California. Journal of Mammalogy 39(1):22-39

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Phocoena dioptrica
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Spectacled Porpoise50.01 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
Phocoena phocoena
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Harbor Porpoise125.33 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
Phocoena sinus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Gulf Of California Harbor Porpoise10.01 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
Phocoena spinipinnis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
10.01 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1816Phocaena Cuvier p. 279
1821Phocaena Gray p. 310
1825Phocaena Gray p. 340
1842Phocaena De Kay p. 133
1846Phocaena Gray p. 30
1850Phocaena Gray p. 81
1863Phocaena Gray p. 201
1864Phocaena Gray p. 245
1864Delphinus (Phocaena) Lankester p. 356
1866Phocaena Gray p. 301
1866Phocaena (Acanthodelphis) Gray p. 304
1866Phocaena Owen p. 24
1867Phocaena Flower p. 115
1868Acanthodelphis Gray p. 8
1868Phocaena Gray p. 8
1869Phocaena Scammon and Cope p. 21
1870Acanthodelphis Gray p. 772
1870Phocoena Gray p. 772
1871Phocaena Gill p. 125
1872Phocoena Gill p. 95
1889Phocaena Ameghino p. 886
1890Phocaena Cope p. 609
1891Phocaena Newton p. 80
1904Acanthodelphis Palmer p. 72
1904Phocaena Palmer p. 532
1904Phocaena Trouessart p. 769
1912Phocaena Turner p. 104
1919Phocaena Jordan and Gilbert p. 59
1928Phocaena Kellogg p. 33 figs. Table 1
1928Phocaena Weber p. 389
1945Phocaena Simpson p. 104
1951Phocaena Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott p. 728
YearName and Author
1960Phocaena Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26
1963Phocoena Scheffer and Rice p. 5
1966Phocoena Hershkovitz p. 100
1973Phocoena Kasuya p. 61
1974Phocoena Gaskin et al. p. 1
1975Phocoena Brownell p. 1
1977Phocoena Barnes p. 323 figs. Table 1
1983Phocoena Brownell
1984Phocoena Brownell and Praderi p. 1
1985Australophocaena Barnes p. 153
1985Phocaena Barnes p. 161
1988Phocaena Carroll
1988Australophocaena Jefferson
1988Phocoena Jefferson
1988Phocaena de Muizon p. 162
1988Australophocaena de Muizon p. 163
1991Phocoena Vidal p. 5
1997Australophocaena McKenna and Bell p. 391
1997Phocaena McKenna and Bell p. 391
1998Phocoena Rice p. 123
2001Phocoena Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179
2002Phocaena Sepkoski, Jr.
2003Phocoena Geisler and Sanders p. 28
2005Phocoena Mead and Brownell p. 736
2006Phocoena Fajardo-Mellor et al. p. 927
2008Australophocaena Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5
2008Phocoena Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5
2011Phocoena Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1
2014Phocoena Murakami et al. p. 502 figs. Figure 7
2015Phocoena Colpaert et al. p. 9 figs. Figure 8
2016Phocoena Marx et al. p. 137

References

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Gray J. E. On the cetaceous animals, The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 1 & 2, 1-53
Gray J. E. , Catalogue of the Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum, with descriptions of all the species and figures of the genera. Part I. Cetacea, 1-153
Gray J. E. On the Cetacea which have been observed in the seas surrounding the British Islands, Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London 1864, 195-248
Lankester E. R. On new Mammalia from the Red Crag, Annals and Magazine of Natural History 14, 353-360
Gray J. E. , Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum, 1-402
Owen R. On some Indian Cetacea collected by Walter Elliot, Esq., Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 6 1, 17-47
Flower W. H. Description of the skeleton of Inia geoffrensis and the skull of Pontoporia blainvillii, with remarks on the systematic position of these animals in the Order Cetacea, Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 6, 87-116
Gray J. E. , Synopsis of the species of whales and dolphins in the Collection of the British Museum, 1-10
Scammon C. M., Cope E. D. On the cetaceans of the western coast of North America, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22, 13-63
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