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Phocoeninae

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)63529https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=63529
Ranksubfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Phocoenidae : Phocoeninae
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
orderCetaceaBrisson 1762
-PelagicetiUhen 2008
-NeocetiFordyce and de Muizon 2001
suborderOdontocetiFlower 1867
infraorderDelphinidaMuizon 1984
superfamilyDelphinoideaFlower 1865
familyPhocoenidae
subfamilyPhocoeninaeGray 1825
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Phocoeninaesubfamilybelongs to Holodontidaestated without evidenceBrandt, 1874
Phocoeninaesubfamilybelongs to Delphinidaestated without evidenceAbel, 1905
Phocoeninaesubfamilybelongs to Phocaenidaestated without evidenceFraser and Purves, 1960
Phocoeninaesubfamilybelongs to PhocoenidaeimpliedMcKenna and Bell, 1997
Phocoeninaesubfamilybelongs to Phocoenidaestated without evidenceFordyce and de Muizon, 2001
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
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)J. E. Gray. 1825. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe. Annals of Philosophy, new series 10:337-344

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Leucodelphini
tribe
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1825Phocoeninae Gray p. 340
1874Phocaeninae Brandt p. II
1905Phocaeninae Abel p. 139
1928Phocoeninae Weber p. 389
1960Phocininae Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26
1973Phocoeninae Kasuya p. 61
1984Phocoeninae Barnes p. 17
1985Phocoeninae Barnes p. 161
YearName and Author
1985Phocoeninae Barnes et al. p. 25
1991Phocoeninae Vidal p. 5
1994Phocoeninae Fordyce and Barnes p. 429 figs. Table 1
1995Phocoeninae Fordyce et al. p. 380
1997Phocoeninae McKenna and Bell p. 391
2001Phocoeninae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179
2007Phocoeninae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1
2008Phocoeninae Foekens p. 7 figs. Table 1

References

Gray J. E. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe, Annals of Philosophy, new series 10, 337-344
Brandt J. F. Ergänzungen zu den Fossilen Cetaceen Europa's, Mémoires de L'Academie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, VIIE Série 21 6, 1-54
Abel O. (1905) Les Odontocètes du Boldérien (Miocène Supérieur) D'Anvers, Mémoires du Musée royal D'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 3, 1-155
Fraser F. C., Purves P. E. (1960) Hearing in Cetaceans, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 7 1, 1-140
Barnes L. G. (1984) Fossil odontocetes (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Almejas Formation, Isla Cedros, Mexico, PaleoBios 42, 1-46
Barnes L. G. (1985) Evolution, taxonomy and antitropical distributions of the porpoises (Phocoenidae, Mammalia), Marine Mammal Science 1 2, 149-165
Vidal O. (1991) Catalog of osteological collections of aquatic mammals from Mexico, NOAA Technical Reports NMFS 97, 1-36
McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640
Fordyce R. E., de Muizon C. (2001) Evolutionary history of the cetaceans: a review, Secondary Adaptations of Tetrapods to Life in the Water, 169-233
Foekens R. (2008) Fossiele gehoorbeentjes van walvissen uit Mill, Noord-Brabant, Cranium 25, 5-20
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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