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Phoca caspica

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Taxonomy
Phoca caspica was named by Nilsson (1837). It is extant.

It was recombined as Callocephalus caspicus by Gray (1850); it was recombined as Callocephalus caspica by Gray (1866); it was recombined as Phoca (Pusa) caspica by Allen (1880) and McLaren (1960); it was recombined as Phoca (Phoca) caspica by Trouessart (1898); it was recombined as Pusa hispida caspica by Trouessart (1904); it was recombined as Pusa caspica by Gmelin (1788), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Rice (1998), Koretsky (2001), Deméré et al. (2003), Davis et al. (2004), Koretsky and Barnes (2006), Berta and Churchill (2012), Cullen et al. (2014), Berta et al. (2018) and Kienle and Berta (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Pusa caspica Gmelin
1837Phoca caspica Nilsson
1850Callocephalus caspicus Gray p. 23
1866Callocephalus caspica Gray p. 221
1880Phoca (Pusa) caspica Allen p. 609
1898Phoca (Phoca) caspica Trouessart p. 385
1904Pusa hispida caspica Trouessart p. 288
1927Phoca caspia Bogachev p. 140
1960Phoca (Pusa) caspica McLaren p. 48
1963Pusa caspica Scheffer and Rice p. 3
1990Phoca caspica Riedman p. 57 figs. Table 2
1998Pusa caspica Rice p. 42
2001Pusa caspica Koretsky p. 85
2003Pusa caspica Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2004Pusa caspica Davis et al. p. 365
2006Pusa caspica Koretsky and Barnes p. 148
2012Pusa caspica Berta and Churchill p. 226
2014Pusa caspica Cullen et al. p. 1471 figs. Figure 1
2018Pusa caspica Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 2
2019Pusa caspica Kienle and Berta

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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()
subfamilyPhocinae
genusPhoca
speciescaspicaNilsson 1837

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.

Phoca caspica Nilsson 1837
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Gingerich 2003, Nowak 1991

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Phoca caspica (183408)