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Kamtschatarctos sinelnikovae

Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae

Taxonomy
Kamtschatarctos sinelnikovae was named by Dubrovo (1981). Its type specimen is PIN 3069-10, 11, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kavran-Ukhtolok Bay, which is in a Langhian/Serravallian marine horizon in the Etolon Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Kamtschatarctos.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Kamtschatarctos sinelnikovae Dubrovo p. 205 figs. FIg. 1-2
1984Kamtschatarctos sinelnikovae Dubrovo p. 53
2013Kamtschatarctos sinelnikovae Boessenecker and Churchill p. 10 fig. 8
2018Kamtschatarctos sinelnikovae Berta p. 714 figs. Fig. 3
2018Kamtschatarctos sinelnikovae Berta et al. p. 217 figs. Fig. 6
2018Kamtschatarctos sinelnikovae Magallanes et al. p. 30 figs. Figure 14

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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()
familyOdobenidae()
genusKamtschatarctos
speciessinelnikovae

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: 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: Kohno et al. 1995, Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Serravallian or 15.97000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Kamtschatarctos sinelnikovae (type locality: 59165)