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Devinophoca claytoni

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Taxonomy
Devinophoca claytoni was named by Koretsky and Holec (2002) [SNM = Museum of Natural History, Slovak National Museum]. Its type specimen is SNM Z14523, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bonanza site, which is in a Serravallian marine sandstone/sandstone in the Studienka Formation of Slovakia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Devinophoca claytoni Koretsky and Holec p. 166 figs. Figures 3-8
2018Devinophoca claytoni Rahmat and Koretsky p. 511
2022Devinophoca claytoni Berta et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1.1
2024Devinophoca claytoni Rule and Park p. 10 figs. Table 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
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()
familyPhocidae()
subfamilyDevinophocinae
genusDevinophoca
speciesclaytoni

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.

†Devinophoca claytoni Koretsky and Holec 2002
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. J. Rahmat and I. A. Koretsky 2018Body of mandible low in height (12 mm) and retromandibular (length ~19 mm) region flat (similar to D. emryi), with long, wide and round alveoli; mental process not present as opposed to D. emryi, but located between p1 and p2; symphyseal part pronounced, symphysis reaches anterior alveolus of p2 (similar to D. emryi); p3–m1 tooth row oriented parallel to mandibular axis (similar to D. emryi); p4 alveoli wider and longer than those of m1 (similar to D. emryi); m1 single rooted (as opposed to D. emryi, with fused double-rooted m1); p2 and canine oriented obliquely to mandibular axis (as opposed to D. emryi); one lower incisor (as in D. emryi); diastemata absent (similar to D. emryi).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteuc
Ontogeny: modification of partsuc
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousuc
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparousuc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nowak 1991, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hendy et al. 2009, Gingerich 2003

Age range: Serravallian or 13.82000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Slovakia (Bratislava) Devinophoca claytoni (type locality: 58983)