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Dusignathus âśť

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4833412https://www.gbif.org/species/4833412
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)36915https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36915
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Odobenidae : Dusignathus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Odobenidae : Dusignathus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-LaurasiatheriaWaddell et al. 1999
-ScrotiferaWaddell et al. 1999
-FeraeLinnaeus 1758
-CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
-CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivoraBowditch 1821
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
-PinnipedimorphaBerta et al. 1989
-Pinnipedia
familyOdobenidae
-NeodobeniaMagallanes et al. 2018
genusDusignathusKellogg 1928
Scientific NameDusignathus Kellogg, 1928
Name Published InContr. Paleont. Carnegie Inst., Washington, Publ. No. 346
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Dusignathusgenusbelongs to Otariidaestated without evidenceKellogg, 1927
Dusignathusgenusbelongs to Dusignathinaestated without evidenceRepenning and Tedford, 1977
Dusignathusgenusbelongs to OdobaenidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Dusignathusgenusbelongs to Dusignathinaestated without evidenceBarnes, 1989
Dusignathusgenusbelongs to Dusignathinaestated with evidenceDeméré, 1994
Dusignathusgenusbelongs to Dusignathinaestated without evidenceDeméré, 1994
Dusignathusgenusbelongs to DusignathinaimpliedMcKenna and Bell, 1997
Dusignathusgenusbelongs to Carnivorasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Dusignathusgenusbelongs to Dusignathinaestated without evidenceBerta, 2002
Dusignathusgenusbelongs to Dusignathinaestated with evidenceDeméré et al., 2003
Dusignathusgenusbelongs to Dusignathinaestated without evidenceKohno, 2006
Dusignathusgenusbelongs to Dusignathinaestated with evidenceBerta, 2009
Dusignathusgenusbelongs to Dusignathinaestated without evidenceBoessenecker and Churchill, 2013
Dusignathusgenusbelongs to Odobenidaestated without evidenceBoessenecker, 2013
Dusignathusgenusbelongs to Dusignathinaestated without evidenceBerta, 2017
Dusignathusgenusbelongs to Neodobeniastated with evidenceMagallanes et al., 2018
Dusignathusgenusbelongs to Odobenidaestated with evidenceBerta, 2018
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance11.6 - 7.2 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance3.60 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentmarine (based on Pinnipedia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietinsectivore (based on Odobenidae)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Pinnipedimorpha)
Ontogenymodification of parts (based on Pinnipedimorpha)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite (based on Pinnipedimorpha)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Kellogg. 1927. Fossil Pinnipeds from California. Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Dusignathus santacruzensis âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
811.6 Ma
Miocene
7.25 Ma
Miocene
Dusignathus seftoni âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
35.33 Ma
Miocene
3.60 Ma
Pliocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1927Dusignathus Kellogg p. 27
1930Dusignathus Hay p. 558
1977Dusignathus Repenning and Tedford p. 43
1988Dusignathus Carroll
1989Dusignathus Barnes p. 23
1991Dusignathus Barnes and Raschke p. 2
1991Dusignathus Vidal p. 6
1994Dusignathus Deméré p. 91
1995Dusignathus Horikawa p. 322 figs. Table 4
1997Dusignathus McKenna and Bell p. 256
2002Dusignathus Berta p. 923
YearName and Author
2002Dusignathus Sepkoski, Jr.
2003Dusignathus Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2006Dusignathus Kohno p. 418
2008Dusignathus Barnes p. 534
2009Dusignathus Berta p. 863
2013Dusignathus Boessenecker p. 824
2013Dusignathus Boessenecker and Churchill p. 10 fig. 8
2017Dusignathus Berta p. 156
2018Dusignathus Berta p. 714 figs. Fig. 3
2018Dusignathus Berta et al. p. 217 figs. Fig. 6
2018Dusignathus Magallanes et al. p. 30 figs. Fig. 14

References

Kellogg R. (1927) Fossil Pinnipeds from California, Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 27-37
Hay O. P. (1930) Second Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington 390 II, 1-1074
Repenning C. A., Tedford R. H. (1977) Otarioid seals of the Neogene, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 992, 1-93
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Barnes L. G. (1989) A new enaliarctine pinniped from the Astoria Formation, Oregon, and a classification of the Otariidae (Mammalia: Carnivora), Contributions in Science 403, 1-26
Barnes L. G., Raschke R. E. (1991) Gomphotaria pugnax, a new genus and species of late Miocene dusignathine otariid pinniped (Mammalia: Carnivora) from California, Contributions in Science 426, 1-16
Vidal O. (1991) Catalog of osteological collections of aquatic mammals from Mexico, NOAA Technical Reports NMFS 97, 1-36
Deméré T. A. (1994) Two new species of fossil walruses (Pinnipedia: Odobenidae) from the Upper Pliocene San Diego Formation, California, Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 29, 77-98
Horikawa H. (1995) A primitive odobenine walrus of Early Pliocene age from Japan, The Island Arc 3, 309-328
McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640
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
Kohno N. (2006) A new Miocene odobenid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Hokkaido, Japan, and its implications for odobenid phylogeny, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 2, 411-421
Barnes L. G. (2008) Otarioidea, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 2, 523-541
Berta A. (2009) Pinniped Evolution, Encyclopedia of Marine Mammal Evolution, 861-868
Boessenecker R. W. (2013) A new marine vertebrate assemblage from the Late Neogene Purisima Formation in Central California, part II: Pinnipeds and Cetaceans, Geodiversitas 35 4, 815-939 doi:10.5252/g2013n4a5
Boessenecker R. W., Churchill M. (2013) A Reevaluation of the Morphology, Paleoecology, and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Enigmatic Walrus Pelagiarctos, PLoS One 8 1, e5411
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
Magallanes I., Parham J. F., et al (2018) A new tuskless walrus from the Miocene of Orange County, California, with comments on the diversity and taxonomy of odobenids, PeerJ 6, e5708 doi:10.7717/peerj.5708
Contr. Paleont. Carnegie Inst., Washington, Publ. No. 346 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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
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
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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