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Phocoidea (disused)
Taxonomy
Phocoidea was named by Smirnov (1908). It is extant.
It was assigned to Ursida by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Phocomorpha by Berta (1994), Berta (2002); to Pinnipedia by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Riedman (1990), Rice (1998), Deméré et al. (2003); to Pinnipedia by Burns and Fay (1970), Berta (2009), Fulton and Strobeck (2010); to Arctoidea by Koretsky (2001), Koretsky et al. (2014); and to Carnivora by Ling and Bryden (1992), Koretsky et al. (2012), Koretsky et al. (2015), Hafed et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Ursida by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Phocomorpha by Berta (1994), Berta (2002); to Pinnipedia by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Riedman (1990), Rice (1998), Deméré et al. (2003); to Pinnipedia by Burns and Fay (1970), Berta (2009), Fulton and Strobeck (2010); to Arctoidea by Koretsky (2001), Koretsky et al. (2014); and to Carnivora by Ling and Bryden (1992), Koretsky et al. (2012), Koretsky et al. (2015), Hafed et al. (2021).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1821 | Amphibiae Gray p. 302 |
| 1908 | Phocoidea Smirnov |
| 1963 | Phocoidea Scheffer and Rice p. 3 |
| 1970 | Phocoidea Burns and Fay p. 379 |
| 1990 | Phocoidea Riedman p. 57 figs. Table 2 |
| 1992 | Phocoidea Ling and Bryden p. 1 |
| 1994 | Phocoidea Berta p. 412 |
| 1997 | Phocoidea McKenna and Bell p. 252 |
| 1998 | Phocoidea Rice |
| 2001 | Phocoidea Koretsky p. 85 |
| 2002 | Phocoidea Berta p. 923 |
| 2003 | Phocoidea Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3 |
| 2009 | Phocoidea Berta p. 863 |
| 2010 | Phocoidea Fulton and Strobeck p. 817 figs. Figure 1 |
| 2012 | Phocoidea Koretsky et al. p. 5 |
| 2014 | Phocoidea Koretsky et al. p. 421 |
| 2015 | Phocoidea Koretsky et al. p. 58 |
| 2021 | Phocoidea Hafed et al. p. 707 |
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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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| References: Gingerich 2003, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma
Collections (19 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Holocene | Canada (Newfoundland) | Phocadae indet. (228845) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Yukon) | Phocadae indet. (228443) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Nunavut) | Phocadae indet. (228756 228757 228765 228895 228897) Phocadae sp. (228899 228927) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Phocadae indet. (228766 228861) | |
| Holocene | Greenland | Phocadae indet. (226353 227684 227686 227722 227816 227826 227829 227868) |