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Properiptychus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Taxonomy
Properiptychus was named by Ameghino (1897) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m Sepkoski's reference number: 1066].

It was assigned to Periptychidae by Ameghino (1897); to Monachina by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Monachini by Koretsky (2001); to Carnivora by Sepkoski (2002); to Phocidae by Soibelzon and Bond (2013); and to Monachinae by Muizon and Bond (1982), Cozzuol (1996) and Berta (2017).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Properiptychus Ameghino p. 439
1982Properiptychus Muizon and Bond p. 172
1996Properiptychus Cozzuol p. 327
1997Properiptychus McKenna and Bell p. 259
2001Properiptychus Koretsky p. 86
2002Properiptychus Sepkoski
2013Properiptychus Soibelzon and Bond p. 172
2017Properiptychus Berta p. 157

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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)
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()
genusProperiptychus

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. †Properiptychus Ameghino 1897
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Properiptychus argentinus Ameghino 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available