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Praepusa pannonica

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Phocidae

Taxonomy
Praepusa pannonica was named by Kretzoi (1941) [No type specimen number is listed by Kretzoi (1941). Koretsky (2001) lists the type specimen number. HGI = Geological and Paleontological Department of Hungarian Geological Institute, Budapest, Hungary.]. Its type specimen is HGI Aw n1, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Erd, which is in a Serravallian marine horizon in Hungary.

It was recombined as Phoca (Pusa) pannonica by McLaren (1960).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Praepusa pannonica Kretzoi p. 275 figs. Fig. 1-2
1960Phoca (Pusa) pannonica McLaren p. 59
1984Praepusa pannonica Antoniuk and Koretsky p. 27
1991Praepusa pannonica Koretsky p. 41A
2001Praepusa pannonica Koretsky p. 46
2003Praepusa pannonica Koretsky p. 64
2015Praepusa pannonica Koretsky et al. p. 59
2022Praepusa pannonica Berta et al. p. 8 figs. Table 1
2024Praepusa pannonica Rule and Park p. 10

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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
—Cladotheria
RankNameAuthor
—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()
subfamilyPhocinae
genusPraepusa
speciespannonica

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.

†Praepusa pannonica Kretzoi 1941
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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: Gingerich 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Nowak 1991

Age range: Sarmatian or 12.80000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Moldova (Chișinău) Praepusa pannonica (210590)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Hungary Praepusa pannonica (type locality: 52069)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Romania Praepusa pannonica (60280)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Moldova Praepusa pannonica (57734)