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Phocavis
Taxonomy
Phocavis was named by Goedert (1988) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u T Mi-m Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Pelecaniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Plotopteridae by Goedert (1988), Olson and Hasegawa (1996), Goedert and Cornish (2002), Sakurai et al. (2008), Mayr (2009), Dyke et al. (2011), Kaiser et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Pelecaniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Plotopteridae by Goedert (1988), Olson and Hasegawa (1996), Goedert and Cornish (2002), Sakurai et al. (2008), Mayr (2009), Dyke et al. (2011), Kaiser et al. (2015).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1988 | Phocavis Goedert p. 98 figs. Figure 2 |
| 1996 | Phocavis Olson and Hasegawa p. 742 |
| 2002 | Phocavis Goedert and Cornish p. 67 |
| 2002 | Phocavis Sepkoski |
| 2008 | Phocavis Sakurai et al. p. 87 |
| 2009 | Phocavis Mayr p. 67 |
| 2011 | Phocavis Dyke et al. p. 2 |
| 2015 | Phocavis Kaiser et al. p. 8 figs. Table 1 |
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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | USA (Oregon) | P. maritimus (75900) |