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Callorhinus gilmorei

Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae

Taxonomy
Callorhinus gilmorei was named by Berta and Deméré (1986). Its type specimen is SDSNH 25176, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is San Diego Formation ("Lower"), which is in a Piacenzian foreshore horizon in the San Diego Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Callorhinus gilmorei Berta and Deméré p. 112 figs. Fig. 1-2
1989Callorhinus gilmorei Barnes p. 23
2003Callorhinus gilmorei Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2008Callorhinus gilmorei Barnes p. 529
2013Callorhinus gilmorei Boessenecker p. 828
2015Callorhinus gilmorei Boessenecker and Churchill figs. Fig. 2
2018Callorhinus gilmorei Berta et al. p. 215 figs. Fig. 5

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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
familyOtariidae()
genusCallorhinusGray 1859
speciesgilmorei

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.

†Callorhinus gilmorei Berta and Deméré 1986
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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: piscivoret
Reproduction: viviparousuc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: t = tribe, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hendy et al. 2009, Gingerich 2003, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Blancan to the top of the Gelasian or 4.90000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Callorhinus gilmorei (117471 184964)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Baja California) Callorhinus gilmorei (58992)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Callorhinus gilmorei (type locality: 19703 184951 184953 184967)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan Callorhinus gilmorei (101907)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806USA (California) Callorhinus gilmorei (107487)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Callorhinus gilmorei (75485)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Callorhinus gilmorei (75484)