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Pithanotaria starri

Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae

Taxonomy
Pithanotaria starri was named by Kellogg (1925). Its type specimen is Stanford University 11 = CAS 13665, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Celite Company quarry 9, which is in a Messinian marine diatomite in the Sisquoc Formation of California. It is the type species of Pithanotaria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Pithanotaria starri Kellogg p. 74 figs. Fig. 1-2, 4-8, Plate 12-13
1930Pithanotaria starri Hay
1977Pithanotaria starri Repenning and Tedford p. 58
1989Pithanotaria starri Barnes p. 23
2006Pithanotaria starri Koretsky and Barnes p. 145
2008Pithanotaria starri Barnes p. 529
2011Pithanotaria starri Boessenecker p. 2
2015Pithanotaria starri Boessenecker and Churchill figs. Fig. 2
2018Pithanotaria starri Berta et al. p. 215 figs. Fig. 5

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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()
superfamilyOtarioidea
familyOtariidae()
genusPithanotaria
speciesstarri

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.

†Pithanotaria starri Kellogg 1925
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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: piscivoret
Reproduction: viviparousuc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: t = tribe, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Gingerich 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Messinian or 11.62000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) Pithanotaria sp. (52184) Pithanotaria starri (13300 45489 46070 52213 59157 106202 152110 225298 225299 225307 225310)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Pithanotaria starri (type locality: 59148)