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Phocoena dioptrica (spectacled porpoise)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae

Taxonomy
Phocaena dioptrica was named by Lahille (1912). It is extant. Its type locality is Rio de La Plata, which is in a Holocene fluvial horizon in Uruguay.

It was recombined as Australophocaena dioptrica by Barnes (1985) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); it was recombined as Phocoena dioptrica by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Hershkovitz (1966), Brownell (1975), Rice (1998), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Mead and Brownell (2005), Colpaert et al. (2015) and Jefferson (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Phocaena dioptrica Lahille p. 269
1922Phocaena stornii Marelli p. 229
1963Phocoena dioptrica Scheffer and Rice p. 5
1966Phocoena dioptrica Hershkovitz p. 102
1975Phocoena dioptrica Brownell pp. 1-3
1985Australophocaena dioptrica Barnes p. 153
1998Phocoena dioptrica Rice p. 125
2001Phocoena dioptrica Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179
2005Phocoena dioptrica Mead and Brownell p. 736
2008Australophocaena dioptrica Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5
2015Phocoena dioptrica Colpaert et al. p. 9 figs. Figure 8
2021Phocoena dioptrica Jefferson p. 56

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
superfamilyDelphinoidea
familyPhocoenidae()
genusPhocoena(Cuvier 1816)
speciesdioptrica(Lahille 1912)

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.

Phocoena dioptrica Lahille 1912 [spectacled porpoise]
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Invalid names: Phocaena stornii Marelli 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: piscivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antarctica Phocoena dioptrica (168248)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Uruguay Phocaena dioptrica (type locality: 86873)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Tasmania) Phocoena dioptrica (168245)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Phocoena dioptrica (168246)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Chile Phocoena dioptrica (168247)