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Praepusa vindobonensis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Taxonomy
Phoca vindobonensis was named by Toula (1897) [NHMW = Rijksmuseum van Geologie en Mineralogie, Leiden, Netherlands. Lectotype.]. Its type specimen is NHMW no number, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nussdorf, which is in a Sarmatian marine claystone in Austria.

It was recombined as Leptophoca vindobonensis by Ray (1977); it was recombined as Praepusa vindobonensis by Koretsky (1991), Koretsky (2001), Koretsky and Barnes (2006), Koretsky et al. (2015) and Berta et al. (2022).

Synonyms
  • Phoca viennensis was named by Blainville (1864).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Praepusa vindobonensis by Koretsky (2001).
  • Phoca holitschensis was named by Bruhl (1860) [Hungarian Natural History Museum]. Its type specimen is HNHM V.60.1734, a set of limb elements, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Holic, which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal claystone/sandstone in the Holic Formation of Slovakia.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Phoca viennensis by Kellogg (1922); it was recombined as Phoca (Phoca) holitchensis by Friant (1947); it was synonymized subjectively with Praepusa vindobonensis by Koretsky (2001).
  • Phoca viennensis antiqua was named by Blainville (1842).

    It was considered an invalid subgroup of Praepusa vindobonensis by Koretsky (2001).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Phoca viennensis antiqua Blainville
1860Phoca holitschensis Bruhl
1864Phoca viennensis Blainville
1897Phoca vindobonensis Toula p. 55 figs. Plates 1-3
1904Phoca holitschensis Trouessart p. 286
1904Phoca vindobonensis Trouessart p. 286
1922Phoca viennensis Kellogg p. 119
1922Phoca vindobonensis Kellogg p. 119
1925Phoca vindobonensis Alekseev p. 138
1925Phoca holitschensis Zittel p. 78
1925Phoca vindobonensis Zittel p. 78
1927Phoca vindobonensis Bogachev p. 141
1941Phoca vindobonensis Kretzoi
1942Phoca halithensis Alekseev
1947Phoca (Phoca) holitchensis Friant p. 7
1947Phoca (Phoca) vindoboniensis Friant p. 7
1960Phoca vindobonensis McLaren p. 58
1964Phoca holitchensis King
1977Leptophoca vindobonensis Ray pp. 395, 398
1991Praepusa vindobonensis Koretsky p. 41A
2001Praepusa vindobonensis Koretsky p. 48
2006Praepusa vindobonensis Koretsky and Barnes p. 148
2015Praepusa vindobonensis Koretsky et al. p. 59
2022Praepusa vindobonensis Berta et al. p. 9 figs. Table 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()
superfamilyPhocoideaSmirnov 1908
familyPhocidae()
subfamilyPhocinae
genusPraepusa
speciesvindobonensis()

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.

†Praepusa vindobonensis Toula 1897
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Invalid names: Phoca holitschensis Bruhl 1860 [synonym], Phoca viennensis Blainville 1864 [synonym]
†Phoca viennensis antiqua Blainville 1842
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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: Gingerich 2003, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Calabrian or 15.97000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria Phoca vindobonensis (48029)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Ukraine (Crimea) Praepusa vindobonensis (60244 60248 60254)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kazakhstan Praepusa vindobonensis (60274)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Azerbaijan Praepusa vindobonensis (60273)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Ukraine (Odessa) Praepusa vindobonensis (60246)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Ukraine (Dnepropetrovsk) Praepusa vindobonensis (60253)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Austria Praepusa vindobonensis (60275)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Ukraine (Chmelnitsky) Praepusa vindobonensis (60241)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Ukraine (Donetsk) Praepusa vindobonensis (60260)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Moldova Praepusa vindobonensis (57734)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Slovakia Phoca holitschensis (73365)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Austria Phoca vindobonensis (type locality: 47080)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey Phoca vindobonensis (56563)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Slovakia Phoca viennensis (81669)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Azerbaijan Phoca vindobonensis (59668)