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Aivukus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Aivukus Repenning and Tedford p. 14
1988Aivukus Carroll
1989Aivukus Barnes p. 23
1991Aivukus Vidal p. 6
1994Aivukus Deméré p. 117
1995Aivukus Horikawa p. 311
1997Aivukus McKenna and Bell p. 256
2002Aivukus Berta p. 923
2002Aivukus Sepkoski
2003Aivukus Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2006Aivukus Kohno p. 418
2008Aivukus Barnes p. 535
2009Aivukus Berta p. 863
2013Aivukus Boessenecker and Churchill p. 10 fig. 8
2017Aivukus Berta p. 156
2018Aivukus Berta p. 714 figs. Fig. 3
2018Aivukus Berta et al. p. 217 figs. Fig. 6
2020Aivukus Biewer et al. figs. Figure 2

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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()
superfamilyOtarioidea
familyOdobenidae()
subfamilyOdobeninae
genusAivukus

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. †Aivukus Repenning and Tedford 1977
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Aivukus cedrosensis Repenning and Tedford 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteuc
Ontogeny: modification of partsuc
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2011-05-21 01:16:23
Modified: 2011-05-20 10:16:23
Source: f = family, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Carreño and Cronin 1993, Kohno et al. 1995, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California Sur) A. cedrosensis (59149)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Mexico (Baja California) A. cedrosensis (45458)