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Neomonachus tropicalis

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Phocidae

Taxonomy
Phoca tropicalis was named by Gray (1850) [Historically extinct.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Monachus tropicalis by Gray (1866), Allen (1880), Sherman (1952), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Riedman (1990), Vidal (1991), Koretsky (2001), Deméré et al. (2003), Adam (2004), Wilson and Reeder (2005), Cullen et al. (2014); it was recombined as Monachus (Monachus) tropicalis by Trouessart (1898), Trouessart (1904), Friant (1947), Hendey (1972); it was recombined as Neomonachus tropicalis by Scheel et al. (2014), Berta et al. (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Cystophora antillarum Gray
1850Phoca tropicalis Gray p. 28
1850Cystophora antillarum Gray p. 38
1866Monachus tropicalis Gray p. 20
1866Cystophora antillarum Gray p. 43
1880Monachus tropicalis Allen p. 708
1898Monachus (Monachus) tropicalis Trouessart p. 379
1904Monachus (Monachus) tropicalis Trouessart p. 283
1947Monachus (Monachus) tropicalis Friant p. 6
1952Monachus tropicalis Sherman p. 90
1963Monachus tropicalis Scheffer and Rice p. 3
1972Monachus (Monachus) tropicalis Hendey p. 100
1980Monachus tropicalis Kurten and Anderson p. 207
1990Monachus tropicalis Riedman p. 57 figs. Table 2
1991Monachus tropicalis Vidal p. 6
2001Monachus tropicalis Koretsky p. 86
2003Monachus tropicalis Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2004Monachus tropicalis Adam p. 1
2005Monachus tropicalis Wilson and Reeder
2014Monachus tropicalis Cullen et al. p. 1471 figs. Figure 1
2014Neomonachus tropicalis Scheel et al.
2018Neomonachus tropicalis Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 4

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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()
subfamilyMonachinae
genusNeomonachus
speciestropicalis()

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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Invalid names: Cystophora antillarum Gray 1849 [synonym]
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.40000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (91 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (Florida) Monachus tropicalis (100340 183391)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Monachus tropicalis (20400 20494)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (South Carolina) Monachus tropicalis (79755 79757)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Georgia) Monachus tropicalis (79758)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Monachus tropicalis (74292 100342 100343)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands Monachus tropicalis (183388)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virgin Islands) Monachus tropicalis (100353)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cuba Monachus tropicalis (125943 181621 181678 182092 182093)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia Monachus tropicalis (126601 181321)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Yucatan) Monachus tropicalis (125966)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Veracruz) Monachus tropicalis (125223 183380)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Curaçao Monachus tropicalis (100335 100336 127037)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Monachus tropicalis (125965)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guadeloupe Monachus tropicalis (126657)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) Monachus tropicalis (100350 100351 126597 146580)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico Monachus tropicalis (182969 182971 183099 183101)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Arrecife) Monachus tropicalis (125225 125949)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, British Monachus tropicalis (183394) Neomonachus tropicalis (183395)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Puerto Rico) Monachus tropicalis (100338 183385 183386 183387)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Costa Rica Monachus tropicalis (181325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Georgia) Monachus tropicalis (100349)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba (Sint Eustatius) Monachus tropicalis (100337)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (Bimini Islands) Monachus tropicalis (175542)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Saint Kitts and Nevis (Nevis) Monachus tropicalis (182963 183111)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Campeche) Monachus tropicalis (182966)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Monachus tropicalis (100339 100341 100344 100345 100346 100347 146584 182629 183389 183390)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Jamaica Monachus tropicalis (125233 182937 182938 182954 182956)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Monachus tropicalis (183392 183393)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Nicaragua Monachus tropicalis (183383 183384)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Quintana Roo) Monachus tropicalis (182970)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Honduras Monachus tropicalis (125964 126603 126604 182099 182102 182448 182846)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Belize Monachus tropicalis (181319 181320)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Haiti Monachus tropicalis (182870 182901)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas Monachus tropicalis (125940 136422 162119 164193 164238 164394 164399 180468 180469 181318)