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Protodobenus japonicus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae

Taxonomy
Protodobenus japonicus was named by Horikawa (1995) [The type specimen is in the collection of the education board of OOshima-mura, Higashi Kubikigun, Niigata Prefecture]. Its type specimen is see comments, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Iriyama, which is in a Zanclean offshore mudstone in the Tamigigawa Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Protodobenus japonicus Horikawa p. 312 figs. Fig. 3-8, Plates 1-2
2003Protodobenus japonicus Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2013Protodobenus japonicus Boessenecker and Churchill p. 10 fig. 8
2018Protodobenus japonicus Berta p. 714 figs. Fig. 3
2018Protodobenus japonicus Berta et al. p. 217 figs. Fig. 6
2018Protodobenus japonicus Magallanes et al. p. 30 figs. Figure 14
2020Protodobenus japonicus Biewer et al. figs. Figure 2

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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
genusProtodobenus
speciesjaponicus

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.

Protodobenus japonicus Horikawa 1995
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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, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Japan (Niigata) Protodobenus japonicus (type locality: 59180)