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Erignathus barbatus (bearded seal)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Taxonomy
Phoca barbata was named by Erxleben (1777). It is extant. It is the type species of Erignathus.

It was recombined as Erignathus barbata by Gill (1866); it was recombined as Phoca (Erignathus) barbata by Newton (1891) and Friant (1947); it was recombined as Phoca (Erignathus) barbatus by Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); it was recombined as Erignathus barbatus by Allen (1880), Allen (1902), Kellogg (1922), Hay (1930), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Riedman (1990), Koretsky (2001), Deméré et al. (2003), Davis et al. (2004), Cullen et al. (2014), Berta et al. (2018) and Kienle and Berta (2019).

Synonyms
  • Phoca nautica was named by Pallas (1811). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Erignathus barbatus by Allen (1880).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Phoca barbata Erxleben
1811Phoca nautica Pallas
1847Phoca barbata Nilsson p. 294
1850Phoca barbata Gray p. 27
1866Erignathus barbata Gill p. 5
1866Phoca barbata Gray p. 31
1871Phoca barbata Gray p. 2
1871Phoca naurica Gray p. 2
1880Erignathus barbatus Allen p. 655
1891Phoca (Erignathus) barbata Newton p. 19
1898Phoca (Erignathus) barbatus Trouessart p. 383
1902Erignathus barbatus Allen p. 473
1904Phoca (Erignathus) barbatus Trouessart p. 285
1912Phoca barbata Turner p. 187
1922Erignathus barbatus Kellogg p. 116
1930Erignathus barbatus Hay p. 565
1947Phoca (Erignathus) barbata Friant p. 7
1963Erignathus barbatus Scheffer and Rice p. 3
1980Erignathus barbatus Kurten and Anderson p. 206
1990Erignathus barbatus Riedman p. 57 figs. Table 2
2001Erignathus barbatus Koretsky p. 86
2003Erignathus barbatus Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2004Erignathus barbatus Davis et al. p. 365
2014Erignathus barbatus Cullen et al. p. 1471 figs. Figure 1
2018Erignathus barbatus Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 2
2019Erignathus barbatus 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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
RankNameAuthor
—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()
subfamilyPhocinae
genusErignathusGill 1866
speciesbarbatus(Erxleben 1777)

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.

Erignathus barbatus Erxleben 1777 [bearded seal]
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Invalid names: Phoca nautica Pallas 1811 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available