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Properiptychus

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Phocidae

Taxonomy
Properiptychus was named by Ameghino (1897) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m Sepkoski's reference number: 1066].

It was assigned to Periptychidae by Ameghino (1897); to Monachina by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Monachini by Koretsky (2001); to Carnivora by Sepkoski (2002); to Phocidae by Soibelzon and Bond (2013); and to Monachinae by Muizon and Bond (1982), Cozzuol (1996), Berta (2017).

Species
P. argentinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Properiptychus Ameghino p. 439
1982Properiptychus Muizon and Bond p. 172
1996Properiptychus Cozzuol p. 327
1997Properiptychus McKenna and Bell p. 259
2001Properiptychus Koretsky p. 86
2002Properiptychus Sepkoski
2013Properiptychus Soibelzon and Bond p. 172
2017Properiptychus Berta p. 157

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—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()
genusProperiptychus

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. †Properiptychus Ameghino 1897
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†Properiptychus argentinus Ameghino 1893
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: Nowak 1991, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hendy et al. 2009, Gingerich 2003

Age range: Serravallian or 13.82000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Argentina (Entre Rios) Periptychus argentinus, Monachinae indet. (55599)