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Mirounga angustirostris (northern elephant seal)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Taxonomy
Mirounga angustirostris was named by Gill (1866) [northern elephant seal]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Macrorhinus angustirostris by Allen (1880), Trouessart (1898), Trouessart (1904) and Friant (1947).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Mirounga angustirostris Gill
1871Mirounga angustirostris Gray p. 4
1880Macrorhinus angustirostris Allen p. 743
1898Macrorhinus angustirostris Trouessart p. 377
1904Macrorhinus angustirostris Trouessart p. 282
1947Macrorhinus angustirostris Friant p. 5
1963Mirounga angustirostris Scheffer and Rice p. 4
1980Mirounga angustirostris Kurten and Anderson p. 207
1990Mirounga angustirostris Riedman p. 57 figs. Table 2
1991Mirounga angustirostris Vidal p. 6
2001Mirounga angustirostris Koretsky p. 87
2003Mirounga angustirostris Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2014Mirounga angustirostris Cullen et al. p. 1471 figs. Figure 1
2018Mirounga angustirostris Berta et al. p. 210 figs. Fig. 4
2019Mirounga angustirostris Kienle and Berta

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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()
superfamilyPhocoideaSmirnov 1908
familyPhocidae()
subfamilyMonachinae
genusMiroungaGray 1827
speciesangustirostrisGill 1866

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.

Mirounga angustirostris Gill 1866 [northern elephant seal]
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Gingerich 2003, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Mirounga angustirostris (84894)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Mirounga angustirostris (20624)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Mirounga angustirostris (73753)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Washington) Mirounga angustirostris (162160 162161 162162 162163 162164 162165 162166)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (British Columbia) Mirounga angustirostris (162167 162168 162169)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Mirounga angustirostris (162140 162142 162143 162144 162146 162147 162149 162150 162151 162152 162153 162155 162156 162157 162158 168878)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Oregon) Mirounga angustirostris (162159)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Mirounga angustirostris (168616)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Baja California) Mirounga angustirostris (162139)