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Taxonomy
Phocini was named by Gray (1821) [Originally family Phocidae.]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Phocinae by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Burns and Fay (1970), Muizon (1981), Thomas et al. (1982), Muizon (1982), McKenna and Bell (1997), Rice (1998), Koretsky (2001), Davis et al. (2004), Koretsky and Barnes (2008), Fulton and Strobeck (2010), Berta et al. (2018), Kienle and Berta (2019), Koretsky and Rahmat (2021).
It was assigned to Phocinae by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Burns and Fay (1970), Muizon (1981), Thomas et al. (1982), Muizon (1982), McKenna and Bell (1997), Rice (1998), Koretsky (2001), Davis et al. (2004), Koretsky and Barnes (2008), Fulton and Strobeck (2010), Berta et al. (2018), Kienle and Berta (2019), Koretsky and Rahmat (2021).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1821 | Phocini Gray p. 302 |
| 1963 | Phocini Scheffer and Rice p. 3 |
| 1970 | Phocini Burns and Fay p. 390 figs. Fig. 3 |
| 1981 | Phocini Muizon p. 135 |
| 1982 | Phocini Muizon p. 205 figs. Table 1 |
| 1982 | Phocini Thomas et al. p. 1 |
| 1997 | Phocini McKenna and Bell p. 257 |
| 1998 | Phocini Rice |
| 2001 | Phocini Koretsky p. 85 |
| 2004 | Phocini Davis et al. p. 365 |
| 2008 | Phocini Koretsky and Barnes p. 545 |
| 2010 | Phocini Fulton and Strobeck p. 817 fig. Figure |
| 2018 | Phocini Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 2 |
| 2019 | Phocini Kienle and Berta |
| 2021 | Phocini Koretsky and Rahmat p. 144 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available