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Platyphoca vulgaris

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Taxonomy
Platyphoca vulgaris was named by Van Beneden (1876) [No type specimen number listed by Van Beneden (1876). IRSNB 1117 Ct. M 210 is the lectotypes (Koretsky & Ray, 2008).]. Its type specimen is IRSNB 1117 Ct. M. 210, a limb element (left humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sable Superieur d'Anvers, which is in a Zanclean offshore shelf sandstone in the Kattendijk Formation of Belgium.

It was recombined as Phoca (Platyphoca) vulgaris by Trouessart (1898), Trouessart (1904) and Friant (1947).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Platyphoca vulgaris Vanden Broeck p. 199
1876Platyphoca vulgaris Van Beneden p. 798
1898Phoca (Platyphoca) vulgaris Trouessart p. 383
1904Phoca (Platyphoca) vulgaris Trouessart p. 285
1922Platyphoca vulgaris Kellogg p. 117
1947Phoca (Platyphoca) vulgaris Friant p. 7
1976Platyphoca vulgaris Ray p. 394
2001Platyphoca vulgaris Koretsky p. 86
2003Platyphoca vulgaris Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2008Platyphoca vulgaris Koretsky and Barnes p. 549
2008Platyphoca vulgaris Koretsky and Ray p. 84
2014Platyphoca vulgaris Koretsky et al. p. 426
2022Platyphoca vulgaris Berta et al. p. 8 figs. Table 1

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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)
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()
subfamilyPhocinae
genusPlatyphoca
speciesvulgaris

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.

Platyphoca vulgaris Van Beneden 1876
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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: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Platyphoca vulgaris (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium (Antwerpen) Platyphoca vulgaris (type locality: 57701)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium (Antwerpen) Platyphoca vulgaris (67023)