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Monachopsis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4833164	https://www.gbif.org/species/4833164
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	72118	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=72118

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Phocidae : Monachopsis

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Laurasiatheria	Waddell et al. 1999
-	Scrotifera	Waddell et al. 1999
-	Ferae	Linnaeus 1758
-	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
-	Carnivoraformes	Flynn et al.
order	Carnivora	Bowditch 1821
superfamily	Arctoidea	Flower 1869
-	Pinnipedimorpha	Berta et al. 1989
-	Pinnipedia
family	Phocidae	Gray 1821
subfamily	Phocinae	Gray 1821
genus	Monachopsis	Kretzoi 1941

Scientific Name

Monachopsis Kretzoi, 1941

Name Published In

Földt. Közl., 71, 277, 278

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Monachopsis	genus	belongs to Phocinae	stated without evidence	Koretsky, 1991
Monachopsis	genus	belongs to Monachina	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Monachopsis	genus	belongs to Phocinina	stated without evidence	Koretsky, 2001
Monachopsis	genus	belongs to Phocinae	stated with evidence	Koretsky and Barnes, 2006
Monachopsis	genus	belongs to Phocinae	stated without evidence	Berta, 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

13.8 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene

Last Recorded Appearance

1.81 - 0.78 Ma
Pleistocene

Environment

marine (based on Pinnipedia)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

piscivore, carnivore (based on Phocidae)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Pinnipedimorpha)

Ontogeny

modification of parts (based on Pinnipedimorpha)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite (based on Pinnipedimorpha)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. Kretzoi. 1941. Foka-maradvanyok az erdi Szarmatabol. Foldtani Kozlony 71:274-279

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Phoca pontica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	13.8 Ma Miocene	1.81 Ma Pleistocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1941	Monachopsis Kretzoi p. 278 figs. Fig. 2
1991	Monachopsis Koretsky p. 41A
1997	Monachopsis McKenna and Bell p. 259
2001	Monachopsis Koretsky p. 85
2002	Monachiopsis Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Monachopsis Koretsky and Barnes p. 149
2017	Monachopsis Berta p. 157

References

Kretzoi M. (1941) Foka-maradvanyok az erdi Szarmatabol, Foldtani Kozlony 71, 274-279

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

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Koretsky I. A., Barnes L. G. (2006) Pinniped Evolutionary History and Paleobiogeography, Mesozoic and Cenozoic Vertebrates and Paleoenvironments: Tributes to the career of Prof. Dan Grigorescu, 143-153

Berta A. (2017) , The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution, 1-198

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

Földt. Közl., 71, 277, 278 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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