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Pliopedia pacifica

Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae

Taxonomy
Pliopedia pacifica was named by Kellogg (1921). Its type specimen is Stanford University C. 537, a set of limb elements, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santa Margarita, southeast, which is in a Zanclean marine sandstone in the Paso Robles Formation of California. It is the type species of Pliopedia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Pliopedia pacifica Kellogg p. 213
1930Pliopedia pacifica Hay p. 558
1968Pliopedia pacifica Mitchell p. 1880
1977Pliopedia pacifica Repenning and Tedford p. 49
1994Pliopedia pacifica Deméré p. 118
2003Pliopedia pacifica Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2008Pliopedia pacifica Barnes p. 535
2018Pliopedia pacifica Berta et al. p. 217 figs. Fig. 6
2018Pliopedia pacifica 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()
subfamilyOdobeninae
genusPliopedia
speciespacifica

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.

Pliopedia pacifica Kellogg 1921
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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: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Pliopedia pacifica (type locality: 59134 154092)