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Pinnarctidion rayi

Mammalia - Carnivora

Taxonomy
Pinnarctidion rayi was named by Berta (1994) [Emlong field number E72-26]. Its type specimen is USNM 314325, a skull (complete skull with dentition), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Big Creek, south, which is in a Burdigalian deltaic mudstone in the Nye Formation of Oregon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Pinnarctidion rayi Berta p. 405 figs. Fig. 1
2003Pinnarctidion rayi Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2008Pinnarctidion rayi Barnes p. 528
2018Pinnarctidion rayi Berta et al. p. 205 figs. Fig. 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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
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
genusPinnarctidion
speciesrayi

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.

Pinnarctidion rayi Berta 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteuc
Ontogeny: modification of partsuc
Environment: coastaluc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousuc
Diet: carnivoreuc
Reproduction: viviparousuc
Created: 2019-05-28 17:18:47
Modified: 2019-05-28 17:19:41
Source: c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Oregon) Pinnarctidion rayi (type locality: 58993)