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Taxonomy
Mirounga was named by Gray (1827). It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Macrorhinus by Gill (1866), Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); it was misspelled as Morunga by Gray (1866), Gray (1871), Palmer (1904), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Burns and Fay (1970), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Muizon (1981), Muizon (1982), Riedman (1990), Vidal (1991), McKenna and Bell (1997), Rice (1998), Koretsky (2001), Berta (2002), Koretsky and Holec (2002), Deméré et al. (2003), Davis et al. (2004), Berta (2009), Fulton and Strobeck (2010), Berta and Churchill (2012), Koretsky and Rahmat (2013), Amson and Muizon (2013), Valenzuela-Toro et al. (2015), Berta (2018), Berta et al. (2018) and Kienle and Berta (2019).
It was assigned to Cystophorina by Gray (1866) and Gray (1871); to Monachina by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cystophorinae by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Burns and Fay (1970), Koretsky (2001), Koretsky and Holec (2002) and Koretsky and Rahmat (2013); to Phocidae by Gray (1850), Palmer (1904), Vidal (1991) and Valenzuela-Toro et al. (2015); to Miroungini by Muizon (1981), Muizon (1982), Davis et al. (2004), Fulton and Strobeck (2010), Amson and Muizon (2013) and Berta et al. (2018); and to Monachinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Riedman (1990), Rice (1998), Berta (2002), Deméré et al. (2003), Berta (2009), Berta and Churchill (2012), Berta (2018) and Kienle and Berta (2019).
It was synonymized subjectively with Macrorhinus by Gill (1866), Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); it was misspelled as Morunga by Gray (1866), Gray (1871), Palmer (1904), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Burns and Fay (1970), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Muizon (1981), Muizon (1982), Riedman (1990), Vidal (1991), McKenna and Bell (1997), Rice (1998), Koretsky (2001), Berta (2002), Koretsky and Holec (2002), Deméré et al. (2003), Davis et al. (2004), Berta (2009), Fulton and Strobeck (2010), Berta and Churchill (2012), Koretsky and Rahmat (2013), Amson and Muizon (2013), Valenzuela-Toro et al. (2015), Berta (2018), Berta et al. (2018) and Kienle and Berta (2019).
It was assigned to Cystophorina by Gray (1866) and Gray (1871); to Monachina by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cystophorinae by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Burns and Fay (1970), Koretsky (2001), Koretsky and Holec (2002) and Koretsky and Rahmat (2013); to Phocidae by Gray (1850), Palmer (1904), Vidal (1991) and Valenzuela-Toro et al. (2015); to Miroungini by Muizon (1981), Muizon (1982), Davis et al. (2004), Fulton and Strobeck (2010), Amson and Muizon (2013) and Berta et al. (2018); and to Monachinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Riedman (1990), Rice (1998), Berta (2002), Deméré et al. (2003), Berta (2009), Berta and Churchill (2012), Berta (2018) and Kienle and Berta (2019).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1824 | Macrorhinus Cuvier |
1827 | Macrorhyna Gray |
1827 | Mirounga Gray p. 179 |
1830 | Rhinophoca Wagler p. 27 |
1841 | Physorhinus Gloger p. 163 |
1850 | Morunga Gray p. 33 |
1866 | Macrorhinus Gill p. 6 |
1866 | Morunga Gray p. 39 |
1871 | Morunga Gray p. 4 |
1880 | Macrorhinus Allen p. 742 |
1898 | Macrorhinus Trouessart p. 377 |
1904 | Mirounga Palmer p. 427 |
1904 | Physorhinus Palmer p. 537 |
1904 | Macrorhinus Trouessart p. 282 |
1912 | Macrorhinus Turner p. 194 |
1947 | Macrorhinus Friant p. 5 |
1963 | Mirounga Scheffer and Rice p. 4 |
1970 | Mirounga Burns and Fay p. 380 |
1980 | Mirounga Kurten and Anderson p. 207 |
1981 | Mirounga Muizon p. 135 |
1982 | Mirounga Muizon p. 205 figs. Table 1 |
1990 | Mirounga Riedman p. 57 figs. Table 2 |
1991 | Mirounga Vidal p. 6 |
1997 | Mirounga McKenna and Bell p. 259 |
1998 | Mirounga Rice |
2001 | Mirounga Koretsky p. 87 |
2002 | Mirounga Berta p. 923 |
2002 | Mirounga Koretsky and Holec p. 175 |
2003 | Mirounga Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3 |
2004 | Mirounga Davis et al. p. 365 |
2009 | Mirounga Berta p. 863 |
2010 | Mirounga Fulton and Strobeck p. 817 figs. Figure 1 |
2012 | Morunga Berta and Churchill p. 219 |
2013 | Mirounga Amson and Muizon |
2013 | Mirounga Koretsky and Rahmat p. 330 |
2015 | Mirounga Valenzuela-Toro et al. |
2018 | Mirounga Berta p. 715 figs. Fig. 3C |
2018 | Mirounga Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 2 |
2019 | Mirounga Kienle and Berta |
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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. Mirounga Gray 1827 [elephant seal]
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Mirounga angustirostris Gill 1866 [northern elephant seal]
Mirounga leonina Linnaeus 1758 [southern elephant seal]
Morunga elephantina Molina 1782
Invalid names: Macrorhinus Cuvier 1824 [synonym], Macrorhyna Gray 1827 [synonym], Physorhinus Gloger 1841 [synonym], Rhinophoca Wagler 1830 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available