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Monachus (monk seal)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Monachus Flemming p. 187
1824Pelagios Cuvier p. 196
1825Pelagios Gray p. 340
1842Pelagocyon Gloger p. 163
1850Monachus Gray p. 17
1854Heliophoca Gray
1866Monachus Gill p. 5
1866Monachus Gray p. 16
1871Monachus Gray p. 3
1880Monachus Allen p. 707
1898Monachus Trouessart p. 378
1899Mammonachus Herrera p. 13
1904Monachus Palmer p. 430
1904Monachus Trouessart p. 282
1912Monachus Turner p. 205
1925Monachus Zittel p. 78
1929Monachus Dal Piaz p. 71
1947Monachus Friant p. 6
1952Monachus Sherman p. 90
1963Monachus Scheffer and Rice p. 3
1970Monachus Burns and Fay p. 380
1972Monachus Hendey p. 100
1980Monachus Kurten and Anderson p. 207
1981Monachus Muizon p. 135
1982Monachus Muizon p. 205 figs. Table 1
1990Monachus Riedman p. 57 figs. Table 2
1991Monachus Vidal p. 6
1997Monachus McKenna and Bell p. 259
1998Monachus Rice
2001Monachus Koretsky p. 86
2002Monachus Berta p. 923
2002Monachus Koretsky and Grigorescu p. 151
2002Monachus Koretsky and Holec p. 175
2002Monachus Sepkoski
2003Monachus Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2004Monachus Adam p. 1
2004Monachus Davis et al. p. 365
2005Monachus Wilson and Reeder
2009Monachus Berta p. 863
2010Monachus Fulton and Strobeck p. 817 figs. Figure 1
2010Monachus Werdelin and Peigne p. 648
2013Monachus Amson and Muizon
2018Monachus Berta p. 715 figs. Fig. 3C
2018Monachus Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 2
2019Monachus Kienle and Berta

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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()
superfamilyPhocoideaSmirnov 1908
familyPhocidae()
subfamilyMonachinae
genusMonachusFlemming 1822

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. Monachus Flemming 1822 [monk seal]
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Subg. Monachus (Monachus) Trouessart 1898
Subg. †Monachus (Monatherium) Van Beneden 1876
Monachus monachus Hermann 1779 [Mediterranean monk seal]
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Invalid names: Monachus albiventer Boddaert 1785 [synonym]
Invalid names: Heliophoca Gray 1854 [synonym], Mammonachus Herrera 1899 [synonym], Pelagios Cuvier 1824 [synonym], Pelagocyon Gloger 1842 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available