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Desmatophoca oregonensis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Desmatophocidae

Taxonomy
Desmatophoca oregonensis was named by Condon (1906) [University of Oregon Museum of Natural History]. Its type specimen is UOMNH F735, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Desmatophoca.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Desmatophoca oregonensis Condon p. 10
1922Desmatophoca oregonensis Kellogg p. 107
1930Desmatophoca oregonensis Hay p. 557
1977Desmatophoca oregonensis Repenning and Tedford p. 76
1987Desmatophoca oregonensis Barnes p. 4
1989Desmatophoca oregonensis Barnes p. 23
2003Desmatophoca oregonensis Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2008Desmatophoca oregonensis Barnes p. 530
2013Desmatophoca oregonensis Boessenecker and Churchill p. 10 fig. 8
2014Desmatophoca oregonensis Cullen et al. p. 1471 figs. Figure 1
2015Desmatophoca oregonensis Boessenecker and Churchill figs. Fig. 2
2018Desmatophoca oregonensis Berta et al. p. 205 figs. Fig. 1
2018Desmatophoca oregonensis Boessenecker and Churchill p. 19 figs. Table 9

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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()
familyDesmatophocidae
genusDesmatophoca
speciesoregonensis

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.

†Desmatophoca oregonensis Condon 1906
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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: carnivoreuc
Reproduction: viviparousuc
Created: 2012-04-17 11:16:56
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:16:56
Source: c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Gingerich 2003

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Oregon) Desmatophoca oregonensis (18929 59061 60337)