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Pteronarctos goedertae

Mammalia - Carnivora

Taxonomy
Pteronarctos goedertae was named by Barnes (1989). Its type specimen is LACM 123883, a skull (skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jumpoff Joe, which is in a Burdigalian marine siltstone in the Astoria Formation of Oregon.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Pteronarctos goedertae Barnes p. 3
1990Pteronarctos piersoni Barnes p. 2 figs. Figs. 1-9, 10a, 11a, 12a
1992Pteronarctos piersoni Barnes p. 2 figs. Figs. 1-9, 10a, 11a, 12a
2003Pteronarctos goedertae Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2008Pteronarctos goedertae Barnes p. 528
2008Pteronarctos piersoni Barnes p. 528
2015Pteronarctos goedertae Boessenecker and Churchill figs. Fig. 2
2018Pteronarctos goedertae Berta et al. p. 205 figs. Fig. 1
2019Pteronarctos goedertae Kienle and Berta

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
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
genusPteronarctos
speciesgoedertae

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.

Pteronarctos goedertae Barnes 1989
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Invalid names: Pteronarctos piersoni Barnes 1990 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteuc
Ontogeny: modification of partsuc
Environment: coastaluc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousuc
Diet: carnivoreuc
Reproduction: viviparousuc
Created: 2019-05-28 17:18:47
Modified: 2019-05-28 17:19:41
Source: c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Oregon) Pteronarctos goedertae (type locality: 59061) Pteronarctos goedertae, Pteronarctos piersoni (18929) Pteronarctos piersoni (190995)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Oregon) Pteronarctos goedertae (39700)