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Arctocephalus townsendi (Guadalupe fur seal)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae

Taxonomy
Arctocephalus townsendi was named by Merriam (1897). It is extant.

It was recombined as Arctocephalus (Arctocephalus) townsendi by Trouessart (1904).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam
1904Arctocephalus (Arctocephalus) townsendi Trouessart p. 281
1977Arctocephalus townsendi Repenning and Tedford p. 73
1990Arctocephalus townsendi Riedman p. 58 figs. Table 2
1991Arctocephalus townsendi Vidal p. 6
2003Arctocephalus townsendi Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2014Arctocephalus townsendi Cullen et al. p. 1471 figs. Figure 1
2018Arctocephalus townsendi Berta et al. p. 215 figs. FIg. 5

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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()
superfamilyOtarioidea
familyOtariidae()
genusArctocephalus
speciestownsendiMerriam 1897

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.

Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam 1897 [Guadalupe fur seal]
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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 (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Mexico (Baja California) Arctocephalus townsendi (191984)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Arctocephalus townsendi (162157 168826 168827 168828 168829 168830 168831 168832 168833 168834 168835 168836 168837 168838 168839 168840 168841 168842 168843 168844 168845 168846 168847 168848 168849 168850 168851 168852 168853 168854 168855 168856 168857 168858 168859 168860 168861 168862 168864 168865 168866 168867 168868 168869 168870 168871 168872 168873 168874 168875 168876 168877 168878 168879 168880 168881 168882 168883 168884 168885)