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Prototaria planicephala

Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae

Taxonomy
Prototaria planicephala was named by Kohno (1994). Its type specimen is SSME 13317, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Goishi, which is in a Langhian marine sandstone in the Moniwa Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Prototaria planicephala Kohno
2003Prototaria planicephala Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2018Prototaria planicephala Berta et al. p. 217 figs. Fig. 6
2018Prototaria planicephala 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()
genusPrototaria
speciesplanicephala

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.

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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: Langhian or 15.98000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Japan (Miyagi) Prototaria planicephala (type locality: 59153)