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Ommatophoca (Ross seal)

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Phocidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Ommatophoca Gray p. 7
1850Ommatophoca Gray p. 18
1866Ommatophoca Gill p. 6
1866Ommatophoca Gray p. 12
1871Ommatophoca Gray p. 4
1898Ommatophoca Trouessart p. 381
1904Ommatophoca Palmer p. 474
1904Ommatophoca Trouessart p. 284
1912Ommatophoca Turner p. 200
1947Ommatophoca Friant p. 6
1963Ommatophoca Scheffer and Rice p. 4
1970Ommatophoca Burns and Fay p. 380
1981Ommatophoca Muizon p. 135
1990Ommatophoca Riedman p. 57 figs. Table 2
1997Ommatophoca McKenna and Bell p. 260
2001Ommatophoca Koretsky p. 86
2002Ommatophoca Berta p. 923
2003Ommatophoca Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2004Ommatophoca Davis et al. p. 365
2009Ommatophoca Berta p. 863
2010Ommatophoca Fulton and Strobeck p. 817 figs. Figure 1
2018Ommatophoca Berta p. 715 figs. Fig. 3C
2018Ommatophoca Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 2
2019Ommatophoca Kienle and Berta

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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
RankNameAuthor
Cladotheria
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()
familyPhocidae()
subfamilyMonachinae
genusOmmatophoca

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.

G. Ommatophoca Gray 1844 [Ross seal]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: hydroxyapatiteuc
Ontogeny: modification of partsuc
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousuc
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparousuc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Gingerich 2003, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antarctica Ommatophoca rossii (90114)