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Phoca vitulina stejnegeri

Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

Taxonomy
Phoca stejnegeri was named by Allen (1902). It is extant.

It was recombined as Phoca (Phoca) stejnegeri by Friant (1947); it was recombined as Phoca vitulina stejnegeri by Berta and Churchill (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. melitensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Phoca stejnegeri Allen
1904Phoca stejnegeri Trouessart p. 286
1947Phoca (Phoca) stejnegeri Friant p. 7
2012Phoca vitulina stejnegeri Berta and Churchill p. 224

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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
—Cladotheria
RankNameAuthor
—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
genusPhoca
speciesvitulina
subspeciesstejnegeri()

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.

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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, Gingerich 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991
Collections
No collection or age range data are available