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Arctocephalus gazella

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Otariidae

Taxonomy
Arctocephalus gazella was named by Peters (1875). It is extant.

It was recombined as Arctocephalus (Arctocephalus) gazella by Trouessart (1898), Trouessart (1904).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Arctocephalus gazella Peters
1898Arctocephalus (Arctocephalus) gazella Trouessart p. 374
1904Arctocephalus (Arctocephalus) gazella Trouessart p. 281
1912Arctocephalus gazella Turner p. 177
1977Arctocephalus gazella Repenning and Tedford p. 72
1990Arctocephalus gazella Riedman p. 58 figs. Table 2
2003Arctocephalus gazella Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2004Arctocephalus gazella Marmi et al. p. 489
2014Arctocephalus gazella Cullen et al. p. 1471 figs. Figure 1
2018Arctocephalus gazella Berta et al. p. 215 figs. FIg. 5

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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
Cladotheria
RankNameAuthor
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()
superfamilyOtarioidea
familyOtariidae()
genusArctocephalus
speciesgazellaPeters 1875

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.

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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: piscivoret
Reproduction: viviparousuc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: t = tribe, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hendy et al. 2009, Gingerich 2003, Nowak 1991

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antarctica Arctocephalus gazella (177180)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Arctocephalus gazella (96973)