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Atopotarus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Desmatophocidae

Taxonomy
Atopotarus was named by Downs (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi Q Plei]. Its type is Atopotarus courseni.

It was synonymized subjectively with Allodesmus by Barnes (1969), Barnes (1972), Barnes (1989), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Deméré et al. (2003).

It was assigned to Otariidae by Downs (1956); to Carnivora by Sepkoski (2002); to Allodesminae by Mitchell (1968), Barnes and Hirota (1995), Kimura (1997) and Barnes (2008); to Desmatophocidae by Berta (2017); and to Allodesminae by Boessenecker and Churchill (2018).

Species
A. courseni (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Atopotarus Downs
1968Atopotarus Mitchell p. 1897
1995Atopotarus Barnes and Hirota p. 334
1997Atopotarus Kimura p. 3
2002Atopotarus Sepkoski
2008Atopotarus Barnes p. 531
2017Atopotarus Berta p. 158
2018Atopotarus Boessenecker and Churchill p. 19

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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()
familyDesmatophocidae
subfamilyAllodesminae()
genusAtopotarus

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.

G. †Atopotarus Downs 1956
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†Atopotarus courseni Downs 1956
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: carnivoreuc
Reproduction: viviparousuc
Created: 2012-04-17 11:16:56
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:16:56
Source: c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Gingerich 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993

Age range: Langhian or 15.97000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hemingfordian - Early/Lower Barstovian20.43 - 12.5USA (California) A. courseni (13061)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan A. sp. (59667)