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Phocanella pumila âśť

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4941674https://www.gbif.org/species/4941674
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)72138https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=72138
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Phocidae : Phocanella : Phocanella pumila
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Phocidae : Phocanella : Phocanella pumila
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
familyPhocidaeGray 1821
subfamilyPhocinaeGray 1821
genusPhocanellaVan Beneden 1876
speciesPhocanella pumilaVan Beneden 1876
Generic NamePhocanella
Scientific NamePhocanella pumila (Van Beneden, 1876)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Phocanella pumilaspeciesbelongs to Phocanellastated without evidenceVanden Broeck, 1874
Phocanella pumilaspeciesbelongs to Phocanellastated with evidenceDeméré et al., 2003
Phocanella pumilaspeciesbelongs to Phocanellastated without evidenceKoretsky and Barnes, 2008
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance2.59 - 0.78 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentmarine (based on Pinnipedia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietpiscivore, carnivore (based on Phocidae)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Pinnipedimorpha)
Ontogenymodification of parts (based on Pinnipedimorpha)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite (based on Pinnipedimorpha)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. J. Van Beneden. 1876. Les phoques fossiles du bassin d'Anvers. Bulletins de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 41:783-803

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Phocanella minor (Van Beneden, 1876)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Phocidae : Phocanella : Phocanella minor
Phoca pumila (Van Beneden, 1876)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Phocidae : Phocanella : Phoca pumila
Phoca minor (Van Beneden, 1876)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Phocidae : Phocanella : Phoca minor

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1874Phocanella minor Vanden Broeck p. 199
1874Phocanella pumila Vanden Broeck p. 199
1876Phocanella minor Van Beneden p. 799
1876Phocanella pumila Van Beneden p. 799
1891Phocanella minor Newton p. 19
1898Phoca (Phocanella) minor Trouessart p. 387
1898Phoca (Phocanella) pumila Trouessart p. 387
1922Phocanella minor Kellogg p. 122
1922Phocanella pumila Kellogg p. 122
YearName and Author
1922Phocanella minor Osborn p. 436
1947Phoca (Phocanella) minor Friant p. 7
1947Phoca (Phocanella) pumila Friant p. 7
1976Phocanella minor Ray p. 394
2003Phocanella pumila Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2008Phocanella pumila Koretsky and Barnes p. 548
2008Phocanella pumila Koretsky and Ray p. 85
2019Phocanella pumila Albright et al. p. 178

References

Van Beneden P. J. Les phoques fossiles du bassin d'Anvers, Bulletins de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 41, 783-803
Newton E. T. The vertebrata of the Pliocene deposits of Britain, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom, 1-137
Trouessart E. L. , Catalogus mammalium tam viventium quam fossilum 5, 665-1264
Kellogg R. (1922) Pinnipeds from Miocene and Pleistocene deposits of California, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 13 4, 23-132
Osborn H. F. (1922) Pliocene (Tertiary) and Early Pleistocene (Quaternary) Mammalia of East Anglia, Great Britain, in relation to the appearance of man, Geological Magazine 59 10, 433-437
Friant M. (1947) Recherches sur le femur des phocidae, Bulletin du Musee royal d'Hisoire naturelle de Belgique 23 2, 1-51
Ray C. E. (1976) Phoca wymani and other Tertiary seals (Mammalia: Phocidae) described from the eastern seaboard of North America, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 28, 1-33
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
Albright L. B., Sanders A. E., et al (2019) Cenozoic vertebrate biostratigraphy of South Carolina, U.S.A. and additions to the fauna, Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 57 2, 77-236
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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