| Description | Pliophoca is an extinct genus of seal in the family Phocidae.
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| Rank | genus |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Phocidae : Pliophoca |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Scientific Name | Pliophoca Tavani, 1942 |
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| Name Published In | Palaeontogr. Ital., 40 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Pliophoca | genus | belongs to Monachinae | stated without evidence | Tavani, 1941 | | Pliophoca | genus | belongs to Monachini | stated without evidence | Muizon, 1981 | | Pliophoca | genus | belongs to Monachina | implied | McKenna and Bell, 1997 | | Pliophoca | genus | belongs to Phocidae | stated without evidence | Mendez et al., 2000 | | Pliophoca | genus | belongs to Monachini | stated without evidence | Koretsky, 2001 | | Pliophoca | genus | belongs to Monachinae | stated without evidence | Berta, 2002 | | Pliophoca | genus | belongs to Monachini | stated without evidence | Koretsky and Barnes, 2008 | | Pliophoca | genus | belongs to Monachinae | stated without evidence | Berta, 2009 | | Pliophoca | genus | belongs to Monachini | stated without evidence | Fulton and Strobeck, 2010 | | Pliophoca | genus | belongs to Phocidae | stated without evidence | Werdelin and Peigne, 2010 | | Pliophoca | genus | belongs to Monachini | stated without evidence | Amson and Muizon, 2013 | | Pliophoca | genus | belongs to Monachini | stated with evidence | Berta et al., 2015 | | Pliophoca | genus | belongs to Monachinae | stated without evidence | Berta, 2017 | | Pliophoca | genus | belongs to Monachinae | stated with evidence | Berta, 2018 | | Pliophoca | genus | belongs to Monachini | stated without evidence | Berta et al., 2018 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 7.25 - 5.33 Ma
Miocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 3.60 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic |
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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) | G. Tavani. 1941. Revisione dei resti del pinnipede conservato nel museo di geologia di Pisa. Palaeontographica Italica 40:97-112 |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliophoca |
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| Tavani G. (1941) Revisione dei resti del pinnipede conservato nel museo di geologia di Pisa, Palaeontographica Italica 40, 97-112 |
| 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 |
| McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640 |
| Mendez J. M., Galobart A., et al (2000) Sobre la presencia de Pliophoca etrusca (Tavani, 1941) en el Plioceno catalan, Batalleria 9, 23-28 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Koretsky I. A., Ray C. E. (2008) Phocidae of the Pliocene of eastern USA, Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 14, 81-140 |
| 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 |
| Werdelin L., Peigne S. (2010) Carnivora, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, 603-657 |
| Amson E., Muizon C. (2013) A new durophagous phocid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from the late Neogene of Peru and considerations on monachine seals phylogeny, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12 5, 523-548 doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.799610 |
| Berta A., Kienle S., et al (2015) A reevaluation of Pliophoca etrusca (Pinnipedia, Phocidae) from the Pliocene of Italy: phylogenetic and biogeographic implications, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e889144 doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.889144 |
| Berta A. (2017) , The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution, 1-198 |
| Berta A. (2018) Pinniped evolution, Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 712-722 |
| 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 |
| Dewaele L., Peredo C. M., et al (2018) Diversity of late Neogene Monachinae (Carnivora, Phocidae) from the North Atlantic, with the description of two new species, Royal Society Open Science 5 172437, 1-27 doi:10.1098/rsos.172437 |
| 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 |
| as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Palaeontogr. Ital., 40 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
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