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Virginiaphoca

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Taxonomy

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Virginiaphoca Dewaele et al. p. 18 figs. figures 3g, 4g, 5g, 6g

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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
genusVirginiaphoca

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. †Virginiaphoca Dewaele et al. 2018
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Virginiaphoca magurai Dewaele et al. 2018
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Dewaele et al. 2018Virginiaphoca magurai is a medium-sized phocid, comparable in size to the extant phocine
Phoca vitulina (1.5–1.9m). Virginiaphoca magurai is typically monachine in that the deltopectoral crest terminates smoothly distally, and differs from extant and other extinct Monachinae by the following characters: strong proximodistal compression of the humeral head (except Monachus spp., Ommatophoca rossii), a very reduced overhanging humeral neck, and the presence of an entepicondylar foramen (also present in H. capensis and Monotherium). Differs additionally from Homiphoca sp. by the reduction of the epicondylar crest.