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Pusa sibirica

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Phocidae

Taxonomy
Phoca vitulina sibirica was named by Gmelin (1788). It is extant.

It was recombined as Phoca (Pusa) sibirica by Allen (1880), McLaren (1960); it was recombined as Phoca (Phoca) sibirica by Trouessart (1898); it was recombined as Pusa hispida sibirica by Trouessart (1904); it was recombined as Phoca sibirica by Thomas et al. (1982), Riedman (1990); it was recombined as Pusa sibirica by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Rice (1998), Koretsky and Barnes (2006), Cullen et al. (2014), Berta et al. (2018), Kienle and Berta (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Phoca vitulina sibirica Gmelin
1880Phoca (Pusa) sibirica Allen p. 464
1898Phoca (Phoca) sibirica Trouessart p. 385
1904Pusa hispida sibirica Trouessart p. 288
1960Phoca (Pusa) sibirica McLaren p. 48
1963Pusa sibirica Scheffer and Rice p. 3
1982Phoca sibirica Thomas et al.
1990Phoca sibirica Riedman p. 57 figs. Table 2
1998Pusa sibirica Rice p. 43
2001Phoca vitulina sibirica Koretsky p. 85
2004Pusa siberica Davis et al. p. 365
2006Pusa sibirica Koretsky and Barnes p. 148
2014Pusa sibirica Cullen et al. p. 1471 figs. Figure 1
2018Pusa sibirica Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 2
2019Pusa sibirica Kienle and Berta

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
RankNameAuthor
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
Pancarnivora
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
PanpinnipediaWolsan et al. 2020
Pinnipedimorpha
Pinnipedia()
familyPhocidae()
subfamilyPhocinae
genusPusaScopoli 1777
speciessibirica(Gmelin 1788)

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.

Pusa sibirica Gmelin 1788
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteuc
Ontogeny: modification of partsuc
Environment: freshwaters
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousuc
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparousuc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:43:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:43:18
Source: s = species, f = family, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Gingerich 2003, Nowak 1991

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Phoca sibirica (171637)