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Histriophoca (ribbon seal)
Taxonomy
Histriophoca was named by Gill (1873). It is extant. Its type is Histriophoca fasciata.
It was reranked as Phoca (Histriophoca) by Trouessart (1898), Trouessart (1904), Friant (1947), Burns and Fay (1970); it was synonymized subjectively with Phoca by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Phoca by Trouessart (1898), Trouessart (1904), Friant (1947), Burns and Fay (1970); to Phocidae by Allen (1902), Palmer (1904), Wilson and Reeder (2005); to Histriophocina by Koretsky (2001), Fulton and Strobeck (2010); to Phocinae by Allen (1880), Koretsky (1991), Berta (2002), Deméré et al. (2003), Koretsky and Barnes (2006), Berta (2009), Berta (2018); and to Phocini by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Davis et al. (2004), Berta et al. (2018), Kienle and Berta (2019).
It was reranked as Phoca (Histriophoca) by Trouessart (1898), Trouessart (1904), Friant (1947), Burns and Fay (1970); it was synonymized subjectively with Phoca by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Phoca by Trouessart (1898), Trouessart (1904), Friant (1947), Burns and Fay (1970); to Phocidae by Allen (1902), Palmer (1904), Wilson and Reeder (2005); to Histriophocina by Koretsky (2001), Fulton and Strobeck (2010); to Phocinae by Allen (1880), Koretsky (1991), Berta (2002), Deméré et al. (2003), Koretsky and Barnes (2006), Berta (2009), Berta (2018); and to Phocini by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Davis et al. (2004), Berta et al. (2018), Kienle and Berta (2019).
Species
H. alekseevi, H. fasciata (syn. Phoca equestris) (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1873 | Histriophoca Gill p. 179 |
| 1880 | Histriophoca Allen p. 675 |
| 1898 | Phoca (Histriophoca) Trouessart p. 383 |
| 1902 | Histriophoca Allen p. 473 |
| 1904 | Histriophoca Palmer p. 328 |
| 1904 | Phoca (Histriophoca) Trouessart p. 285 |
| 1947 | Phoca (Histriophoca) Friant p. 7 |
| 1963 | Histriophoca Scheffer and Rice p. 3 |
| 1970 | Phoca (Histriophoca) Burns and Fay p. 390 figs. Fig. 3 |
| 1991 | Histriophoca Koretsky p. 41A |
| 2001 | Histriophoca Koretsky p. 86 |
| 2002 | Histriophoca Berta p. 923 |
| 2003 | Histriophoca Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3 |
| 2004 | Histriophoca Davis et al. p. 365 |
| 2005 | Histriophoca Wilson and Reeder |
| 2006 | Histriophoca Koretsky and Barnes p. 148 |
| 2009 | Histriophoca Berta p. 863 |
| 2010 | Histriophoca Fulton and Strobeck p. 817 figs. Figure 1 |
| 2018 | Histriophoca Berta p. 715 figs. Fig. 3C |
| 2018 | Histriophoca Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 2 |
| 2019 | Histriophoca Kienle and Berta |
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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. Histriophoca Gill 1873 [ribbon seal]
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†Histriophoca alekseevi Koretsky 2001
Histriophoca fasciata Zimmermann 1783 [ribbon seal]
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Invalid names: Phoca equestris Pallas 1831 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Gingerich 2003, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Sarmatian to the top of the Holocene or 12.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarmatian | Moldova | Histriophoca alekseevi (57734) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Alaska) | Phoca fasciata (81923) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Alaska) | Histriophoca fasciata (20643) | |
| Holocene | Arctic Ocean | Histriophoca fasciata (168681) | |
| Holocene | Russian Federation | Histriophoca fasciata (168679) | |
| Holocene | USA (Alaska) | Histriophoca fasciata (168680) Phoca fasciata (90098) |