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Arctocephalus philippii

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Otariidae

Taxonomy
Otaria (Arctophoca) philippii was named by Peters (1866). It is extant.

It was recombined as Arctophoca philippii by Gray (1871); it was synonymized subjectively with Arctocephalus falklandicus by Scott (1873); it was misspelled as Arctocephalus philippi by Turner (1912); it was recombined as Arctocephalus philippii by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Repenning and Tedford (1977), Riedman (1990), Rice (1998), Deméré et al. (2003), Cullen et al. (2014), Berta et al. (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Otaria (Arctophoca) philippii Peters
1871Arctophoca philippii Gray p. 32
1912Arctocephalus philippi Turner p. 178
1963Arctocephalus philippii Scheffer and Rice p. 2
1977Arctocephalus philippii Repenning and Tedford p. 73
1990Arctocephalus philippii Riedman p. 58 figs. Table 2
1998Arctocephalus philippii Rice p. 26
2003Arctocephalus philippii Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2014Arctocephalus philippii Cullen et al. p. 1471 figs. Figure 1
2018Arctocephalus philippii 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
speciesphilippii()

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Nowak 1991, Gingerich 2003

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Chile ( Valparaíso) Arctocephalus philippii (230265)