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Acrophoca

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Acrophoca Muizon p. 80
1982Acrophoca Muizon p. 205 figs. Table 1
1988Acrophoca Carroll
1997Acrophoca McKenna and Bell p. 260
1998Acrophoca Rice
2001Acrophoca Koretsky p. 87
2002Acrophoca Berta p. 923
2003Acrophoca Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2009Acrophoca Berta p. 863
2010Acrophoca Canto et al. p. 22
2010Acrophoca Fulton and Strobeck p. 817 figs. Figure 1
2017Acrophoca Berta p. 157
2018Acrophoca Berta p. 715 figs. Fig. 3C
2018Acrophoca Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 2
2019Acrophoca Kienle and Berta
2024Acrophoca Valenzuela-Toro et al.

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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
genusAcrophoca

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. †Acrophoca Muizon 1981
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Acrophoca longirostris Muizon 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteuc
Ontogeny: modification of partsuc
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousuc
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparousuc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nowak 1991, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Gingerich 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Messinian or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Peru A. longirostris (183918)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Chile A. sp. (69730)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Peru (Arequipa) A. sp. (45485)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Chile A. sp. (114474 154642)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Chile (Atacama) A. longirostris (99451)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Peru A. longirostris (46083)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Chile (Atacama) A. sp. (80365)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Chile A. sp. (68782) A. sp., A. longirostris (100171)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Peru (Caraveli) A. sp. (46084)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Peru A. longirostris (13079)