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Hadrokirus martini

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Taxonomy
Hadrokirus martini was named by Amson and Muizon (2013). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.SAS 1627, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sud-Sacaco West (SAS) horizon, which is in a Messinian foreshore siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Hadrokirus martini Amson and Muizon p. 524 figs. Figs 1–14
2018Hadrokirus martini Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 4
2022Hadrokirus martini Berta et al. p. 7 figs. Table 1.1
2024Hadrokirus martini Rule and Park p. 10 figs. Table 2
2024Hadrokirus martini Valenzuela-Toro et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—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()
familyPhocidae()
subfamilyMonachinae
genusHadrokirus
speciesmartini

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.

†Hadrokirus martini Amson and Muizon 2013
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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: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparousuc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Gingerich 2003, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Chile (Atacama) Hadrokirus martini (99451)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chile Hadrokirus martini (100171)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Peru Hadrokirus martini (type locality: 13079)