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Lobodon carcinophaga (crabeater seal)

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Phocidae

Taxonomy
Phoca carcinophaga was named by Hombron and Jacquinot (1843). It is extant.

It was recombined as Stenorhynchus carcinophaga by Scott (1873); it was recombined as Ogmorhinus (Lobodon) carcinophaga by Trouessart (1898); it was recombined as Ogmorhinus (Lobodon) carcinophagus by Trouessart (1904), Friant (1947); it was recombined as Ogmorhinus carcinophaga by Turner (1912); it was recombined as Lobodon carcinophagus by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Berg (1989), Koretsky (2001), Deméré et al. (2003); it was recombined as Lobodon carcinophaga by Gray (1844), Gray (1850), Gill (1866), Gray (1866), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Riedman (1990), Adam (2005), Werdelin and Peigne (2010), Cullen et al. (2014), Berta et al. (2018), Kienle and Berta (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Phoca carcinophaga Hombron and Jacquinot figs. Plates 10, 10A
1843Stenorhynchus serridens Owen
1844Lobodon carcinophaga Gray p. 5
1850Lobodon carcinophaga Gray p. 9
1866Lobodon carcinophaga Gill p. 6
1866Lobodon carcinophaga Gray p. 10
1873Stenorhynchus carcinophaga Scott p. 43
1898Ogmorhinus (Lobodon) carcinophaga Trouessart p. 381
1902Lobodon carcinophaga Hay p. 783
1904Ogmorhinus (Lobodon) carcinophagus Trouessart p. 284
1912Ogmorhinus carcinophaga Turner p. 199
1930Lobodon carcinophaga Hay p. 562
1947Ogmorhinus (Lobodon) carcinophagus Friant p. 6
1963Lobodon carcinophagus Scheffer and Rice p. 3
1989Lobodon carcinophagus Berg p. 1
1990Lobodon carcinophaga Riedman p. 57 figs. Table 2
2001Lobodon carcinophagus Koretsky p. 86
2003Lobodon carcinophagus Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2005Lobodon carcinophaga Adam p. 1
2010Lobodon carcinophaga Werdelin and Peigne p. 648
2014Lobodon carcinophaga Cullen et al. p. 1471 figs. Figure 1
2018Lobodon carcinophaga Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 4
2019Lobodon carcinophaga Kienle and Berta

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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()
subfamilyMonachinae
genusLobodon
speciescarcinophaga()

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.

Lobodon carcinophaga Hombron and Jacquinot 1843 [crabeater seal]
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Invalid names: Stenorhynchus serridens Owen 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

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, Nowak 1991, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Gingerich 2003

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Lobodon carcinophagus (21929)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129South Africa Lobodon carcinophagus (115188)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Lobodon carcinophagus (21709)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antarctica Lobodon carcinophaga (90111 168663) Lobodon carcinophagus (215322)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Lobodon carcinophaga (21706)