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Taxonomy
Praepusa was named by Kretzoi (1941) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m Sepkoski's reference number: 1066].
It was assigned to Phocini by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Phocinina by Koretsky (2001); to Carnivora by Sepkoski (2002); and to Phocinae by Kretzoi (1941), Antoniuk and Koretsky (1984), Koretsky (1991), Koretsky (2003), Koretsky and Barnes (2006), Koretsky et al. (2015), Berta (2017), Vanishvili (2024).
It was assigned to Phocini by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Phocinina by Koretsky (2001); to Carnivora by Sepkoski (2002); and to Phocinae by Kretzoi (1941), Antoniuk and Koretsky (1984), Koretsky (1991), Koretsky (2003), Koretsky and Barnes (2006), Koretsky et al. (2015), Berta (2017), Vanishvili (2024).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1941 | Praepusa Kretzoi p. 275 figs. Fig. 1-2 |
| 1984 | Praepusa Antoniuk and Koretsky p. 27 |
| 1991 | Praepusa Koretsky p. 41A |
| 1997 | Praepusa McKenna and Bell p. 257 |
| 2001 | Praepusa Koretsky p. 86 |
| 2002 | Praepusa Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Praepusa Koretsky p. 64 |
| 2006 | Praepusa Koretsky and Barnes p. 148 |
| 2015 | Praepusa Koretsky et al. p. 58 |
| 2017 | Praepusa Berta p. 157 |
| 2024 | Praepusa Vanishvili p. 167 |
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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.
G. †Praepusa Kretzoi 1941
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†Praepusa pannonica Kretzoi 1941
†Praepusa procaspica Gadzhiev 1961
†Praepusa tarchankutica Antoniuk and Koretsky 1984
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| I. A. Koretsky et al. 2015 | Cranial diagnosis the same as for Prae- pusa vindobonensis; mandibular diagnosis the same as for Pr. pannonica.
Deltoid crest of humerus has shape of sharp blade; lesser tubercle elongated along axis of bone; head width to height ratio greater than 0.964; lateral epicondyle reaches distal part of deltoid crest. Greater trochanter of femur considerably higher than head; its proximal and distal parts approximately of equal width; trochanteric fossa wide and medially open, but deep; head slightly deflected distally and seated on narrow, long neck; minimal width of diaphysis in middle part of bone; maximal intercondylar distance 12.0–15.8 % of femoral length. Sacrum consists of three fused short vertebrae with smaller alas, and narrower bases than in Phocanella; cranial articular processes (processus articularis cranialis) shorter, flattened with square bases; foramina smaller, wider and shorter, base not round, but rectangular shape; lateral sacral crests oblong in shape, more elongated and reaching above second dorsal foraminae, in contrast to Phocanella pumilla where crests reach only lower (distal) part of foramina. |
Measurements
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| References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Gingerich 2003 | |||||
Age range: Sarmatian or 12.80000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Serravallian | Hungary | P. pannonica (52069) | |
| Serravallian | Moldova (Chișinău) | P. pannonica (210590) | |
| Serravallian | Romania | P. pannonica (60280) | |
| Sarmatian | Moldova | P. pannonica (57734) | |
| Sarmatian | Georgia | Phoca procaspica (234519) |