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Histriophoca alekseevi

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Taxonomy
Histriophoca alekseevi was named by Koretsky (2001) [IZUAN = I. I. Shmalhausen Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev]. Its type specimen is IZUAN 40-121, a partial skull (facial part of skull), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Histriophoca alekseevi Koretsky p. 37
2006Histriophoca alekseevi Koretsky and Barnes p. 148
2012Histriophoca alekseevi Berta and Churchill p. 222
2022Histriophoca alekseevi Berta et al. p. 7 figs. Table 1.1

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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()
familyPhocidae()
subfamilyPhocinae
genusHistriophocaGill 1873
speciesalekseevi

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.

Histriophoca alekseevi Koretsky 2001
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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: 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: Carreño and Cronin 1993, Nowak 1991, Gingerich 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Sarmatian or 12.70000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Moldova Histriophoca alekseevi (57734)