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Arctocephalus forsteri

Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae

Taxonomy
Arctocephalus forsteri was named by Lesson (1828). It is extant.

It was recombined as Otaria forsteri by Lydekker (1885); it was recombined as Arctocephalus (Arctocephalus) forsteri by Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Arctocephalus forsteri Lesson
1871Arctocephalus forsteri Gray p. 25
1880Arctocephalus forsteri Allen p. 213
1885Otaria forsteri Lydekker p. 196
1898Arctocephalus (Arctocephalus) forsteri Trouessart p. 374
1904Arctocephalus (Arctocephalus) forsteri Trouessart p. 281
1963Arctocephalus forsteri Scheffer and Rice p. 2
1977Arctocephalus forsteri Repenning and Tedford p. 72
1990Arctocephalus forsteri Riedman p. 58 figs. Table 2
2003Arctocephalus forsteri Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2014Arctocephalus forsteri Cullen et al. p. 1471 figs. Figure 1
2018Arctocephalus forsteri Berta et al. p. 215 figs. FIg. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
RankNameAuthor
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—PanpinnipediaWolsan et al. 2020
—Pinnipedimorpha
—Pinnipedia()
superfamilyOtarioidea
familyOtariidae()
genusArctocephalus
speciesforsteriLesson 1828

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteuc
Ontogeny: modification of partsuc
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousuc
Diet: piscivoret
Reproduction: viviparousuc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: t = tribe, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Gingerich 2003, Carreño and Cronin 1993

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Arctocephalus forsteri (87999)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Arctocephalus forsteri (81666)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Arctocephalus forsteri (83454)