| Description | Leptophoca is an extinct genus of earless seals from the North Atlantic realm.
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| Rank | genus |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Phocidae : Leptophoca |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Scientific Name | Leptophoca True, 1906 |
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| Name Published In | Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 30 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Leptophoca | genus | belongs to Phocinae | stated without evidence | True, 1906 | | Leptophoca | genus | belongs to Phocidae | stated without evidence | Kellogg, 1922 | | Leptophoca | genus | belongs to Phocinae | stated without evidence | Hay, 1930 | | Leptophoca | subgenus | belongs to Monatherium | stated without evidence | Friant, 1947 | | Leptophoca | genus | belongs to Phocinae | stated without evidence | Muizon, 1981 | | Leptophoca | genus | belongs to Phocidae | implied | Carroll, 1988 | | Leptophoca | genus | belongs to Phocini | implied | McKenna and Bell, 1997 | | Leptophoca | genus | belongs to Phocinina | stated without evidence | Koretsky, 2001 | | Leptophoca | genus | belongs to Carnivora | second hand | Sepkoski, 2002 | | Leptophoca | genus | belongs to Phocinae | stated without evidence | Berta, 2002 | | Leptophoca | genus | belongs to Phocini | stated without evidence | Koretsky and Barnes, 2008 | | Leptophoca | genus | belongs to Phocinae | stated without evidence | Berta, 2009 | | Leptophoca | genus | belongs to Phocidae | stated without evidence | Hastings and Dooley, 2017 | | Leptophoca | genus | belongs to Phocinae | stated with evidence | Dewaele et al., 2017 | | Leptophoca | genus | belongs to Phocinae | stated without evidence | Berta, 2017 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 11.6 - 5.3 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 | piscivore, carnivore (based on Phocidae) |
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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) | F. W. True. 1906. Description of a new genus and species of fossil seal from the Miocene of Maryland. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 30:835-840 |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptophoca |
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| True F. W. (1906) Description of a new genus and species of fossil seal from the Miocene of Maryland, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 30, 835-840 |
| 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 |
| Friant M. (1947) Recherches sur le femur des phocidae, Bulletin du Musee royal d'Hisoire naturelle de Belgique 23 2, 1-51 |
| Muizon C. (1981) Les vertebres fossiles de la Formation Pisco (Perou). Premiere parti: Deux nouveaux Monachina (Phocidae, Mammalia) du Pliocene de Sud-Sacaco, Recherche sur les grandes civilisations Memoire 6, 1-150 |
| Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698 |
| 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 |
| Koretsky I. A., Holec P. (2002) A primitive seal (Mammalia: Phocidae) from the early middle Miocene of central Paratethys, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 93, 163-178 |
| 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 |
| Koretsky I. A., Barnes L. G. (2008) Phocidae, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 2, 542-556 |
| 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 |
| Koretsky I. A., Ray C. E., et al (2012) A new species of Leptophoca (Carnivora, Phocidae, Phocinae) from both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean (Miocene seals of the Netherlands, part I), Deinsea 15, 1-12 |
| Berta A. (2017) , The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution, 1-198 |
| Dewaele L., Lambert O., et al (2017) On Prophoca and Leptophoca (Pinnipedia, Phocidae) from the Miocene of the North Atlantic realm: redescription, phylogenetic affinities and paleobiogeographic implications, PeerJ 5, e3024 doi:10.7717/peerj.3024 |
| Hastings A. K., Dooley A. C. (2017) Fossil-collecting from the middle Miocene Carmel Church Quarry marine ecosystem in Caroline County, Virginia, The Geological Society of America Field Guide 47, 77-88 doi:10.1130/2017.0047(03) |
| Berta A., Churchill M., et al (2018) The Origin and Evolutionary Biology of Pinnipeds: Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 46, 203-228 doi:10.1146/annurev-earth-082517-010009 |
| 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 |
| Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 30 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
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