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Valenictus imperialensis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae

Taxonomy
Valenictus imperialensis was named by Mitchell (1961). Its type specimen is LACM (CIT) 3926, a limb element (humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Painted Gorge, which is in a Zanclean marine siltstone in the Deguynos Formation of California. It is the type species of Valenictis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Valenictus imperialensis Mitchell p. 4 figs. Figs. 2-4
1989Valenictus imperialensis Barnes p. 23
1994Valenictus imperialensis Deméré p. 120
2003Valenictus imperialensis Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2008Valenictus imperialensis Barnes p. 536
2018Valenictus imperialensis Berta et al. p. 217 figs. Fig. 6
2018Valenictus imperialensis Magallanes et al. p. 30 figs. Figure 14
2020Valenictus imperialensis Biewer et al. figs. Figure 2

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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
Cladotheria
RankNameAuthor
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()
familyOdobenidae()
subfamilyOdobeninae
tribeOdobenini
genusValenictus
speciesimperialensis

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.

Valenictus imperialensis Mitchell 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteuc
Ontogeny: modification of partsuc
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2011-05-21 01:16:23
Modified: 2011-05-20 10:16:23
Source: f = family, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kohno et al. 1995, Carreño and Cronin 1993

Age range: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Valenictus imperialensis (type locality: 58982 151983)