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Protophocaena ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4832385	https://www.gbif.org/species/4832385
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	36835	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36835

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Monodontidae : Protophocaena

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Pontoporiidae : Protophocaena

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
order	Cetacea	Brisson 1762
-	Pelagiceti	Uhen 2008
-	Neoceti	Fordyce and de Muizon 2001
suborder	Odontoceti	Flower 1867
infraorder	Delphinida	Muizon 1984
superfamily	Inioidea	de Muizon 1988
family	Pontoporiidae	Gray 1870
genus	Protophocaena	Abel 1905

Scientific Name

Protophocaena Abel, 1905

Name Published In

Mém. Mus. Belgique, 3 (2)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Protophocaena	genus	belongs to Phocaeninae	stated without evidence	Abel, 1905
Protophocaena	genus	belongs to Delphinoceti	stated without evidence	Abel, 1919
Protophocaena	genus	belongs to Phocaenini	stated without evidence	Zittel, 1925
Protophocaena	genus	belongs to Delphinidae	stated without evidence	Kellogg, 1928
Protophocaena	genus	belongs to Phocaenidae	stated without evidence	Simpson, 1945
Protophocaena	genus	belongs to Phocaenidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Protophocaena	genus	belongs to Delphinoidea	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Protophocaena	genus	nomen dubium Odontoceti	stated without evidence	Fordyce and de Muizon, 2001
Protophocaena	genus	belongs to Cetacea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Protophocaena	genus	belongs to Brachydelphininae	stated without evidence	Ahrens, 2005
Protophocaena	genus	belongs to Pontoporiidae	stated with evidence	Geisler et al., 2012
Protophocaena	genus	belongs to Pontoporiidae	stated without evidence	Berta, 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

11.6 - 7.2 Ma
Miocene

Last Recorded Appearance

11.6 - 2.6 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

marine,freshwater (based on Odontoceti)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Cetacea)

Diet

carnivore (based on Odontoceti)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Odontoceti)

Ontogeny

modification of parts (based on Cetacea)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite (based on Odontoceti)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

O. Abel. 1905. Les Odontocètes du Boldérien (Miocène Supérieur) D'Anvers. Mémoires du Musée royal D'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 3:1-155

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Protophocaena minima ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1905	Protophocaena Abel p. 139
1919	Protophocaena Abel p. 772
1925	Protophocaena Zittel p. 87
1928	Protophocaena Kellogg p. 33 figs. Table 1
1945	Protophocaena Simpson p. 104
1973	Protophocaena Romero-Herrera et al. p. 391
1988	Protophocaena Carroll
1997	Protophocaena McKenna and Bell p. 383

Year	Name and Author
2002	Protophocaena Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Protophocaena Ahrens p. 41
2005	Protophocaena Lambert and Post p. 8
2010	Protophocaena Cozzuol p. 200
2012	Protophocaena Geisler et al. p. 207 figs. Figure 7
2016	Protophocaena Marx et al. p. 133
2017	Protophocaena Berta p. 164

References

Abel O. (1905) Les Odontocètes du Boldérien (Miocène Supérieur) D'Anvers, Mémoires du Musée royal D'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 3, 1-155

Abel O. (1919) Die Stämme der Wirbeltiere, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Leipzig, 914 p.

Simpson G. G. (1945) The principles of classification and a classification of mammals, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 85, 1-350

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Ahrens H. (2005) Weer een schedel van Protophocaena minima erbij!, Cranium 22 1, 41-44

Cozzuol M. A. (2010) Fossil record and the evolutionary history of Iniodea, Biology, Evolution, and Conservation of River Dolphins within South America and Asia, 193-217

Geisler J. H., Godfrey S. J., et al (2012) A new genus and species of late Miocene inioid (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Meherrin River, North Carolina, U.S.A., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 1, 198-211

Marx F. G., Lambert O., et al (2016) Cetacean Paleobiology, 1-319

Berta A. (2017) , The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution, 1-198

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mém. Mus. Belgique, 3 (2) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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