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Acrophoca longirostris

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Taxonomy
Acrophoca longirostris was named by Muizon (1981). Its type specimen is MNHN SAS 563, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sud-Sacaco West (SAS) horizon, which is in a Messinian foreshore siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Acrophoca longirostris Muizon p. 81 figs. Fig. 27-30; Plate 7, fig. 1-3
1990Acrophoca longirostris Pilleri p. 240
2001Acrophoca longirostris Koretsky p. 87
2003Acrophoca longirostris Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2015Acrophoca longirostris Berta et al. p. 3 figs. Table 1
2018Acrophoca longirostris Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 4
2019Acrophoca longirostris Kienle and Berta
2022Acrophoca longirostris Berta et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1.1
2024Acrophoca longirostris Rule and Park p. 10 figs. Table 2
2024Acrophoca longirostris Valenzuela-Toro et al.

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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()
familyPhocidae()
subfamilyMonachinae
genusAcrophoca
specieslongirostris

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.

†Acrophoca longirostris Muizon 1981
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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: 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: Carreño and Cronin 1993, Gingerich 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Messinian or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Peru Acrophoca longirostris (183918)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Chile (Atacama) Acrophoca longirostris (99451)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Peru Acrophoca longirostris (46083)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Peru Acrophoca longirostris (type locality: 13079)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chile Acrophoca longirostris (100171)