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Gomphotaria pugnax

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Odobenidae

Taxonomy
Gomphotaria pugnax was named by Barnes and Raschke (1991). Its type specimen is LACM 121508, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is San Clemente, which is in a Messinian offshore siltstone in the Capistrano Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Gomphotaria pugnax Barnes and Raschke p. 2 figs. Figures 1, 2, 3a
1994Gomphotaria pugnax Deméré p. 115
2003Gomphotaria pugnax Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2008Gomphotaria pugnax Barnes p. 534
2013Gomphotaria pugnax Boessenecker and Churchill p. 10 fig. 8
2018Gomphotaria pugnax Berta p. 714 figs. Fig. 3
2018Gomphotaria pugnax Berta et al. p. 217 figs. Fig. 6
2018Gomphotaria pugnax Magallanes et al. p. 30 figs. Figure 14
2020Gomphotaria pugnax Biewer et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
Pancarnivora
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
PanpinnipediaWolsan et al. 2020
Pinnipedimorpha
Pinnipedia()
familyOdobenidae()
Neodobenia
subfamilyDusignathinae
genusGomphotaria
speciespugnax

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.

Gomphotaria pugnax Barnes and Raschke 1991
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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: Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hendy et al. 2009, Kohno et al. 1995

Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Piacenzian11.63 - 2.58USA (California) Gomphotaria pugnax (188305)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Gomphotaria pugnax (type locality: 59067)