| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Odobenidae : Dusignathus : Dusignathus santacruzensis |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Odobenidae : Dusignathus : Dusignathus santacruzensis |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Dusignathus |
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| Scientific Name | Dusignathus santacruzensis Kellogg, 1927 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Dusignathus santacruzensis | species | belongs to Dusignathus | stated without evidence | Kellogg, 1927 | | Dusignathus santacruzensis | species | belongs to Dusignathus | stated with evidence | Deméré, 1994 | | Dusignathus santacruzensis | species | belongs to Dusignathus | stated without evidence | Barnes, 2008 | | Dusignathus santacruzensis | species | belongs to Dusignathus | stated with evidence | Berta, 2018 | | Dusignathus santacruzensis | species | belongs to Dusignathus | stated without evidence | Berta et al., 2018 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 11.6 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 7.25 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic |
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| Environment | marine (based on Pinnipedia) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | insectivore (based on Odobenidae) |
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| Reproduction | viviparous (based on Pinnipedimorpha) |
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| Ontogeny | modification of parts (based on Pinnipedimorpha) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Pinnipedimorpha) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. Kellogg. 1927. Fossil Pinnipeds from California. Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington |
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| Kellogg R. (1927) Fossil Pinnipeds from California, Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 27-37 |
| Hay O. P. (1930) Second Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington 390 II, 1-1074 |
| Repenning C. A., Tedford R. H. (1977) Otarioid seals of the Neogene, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 992, 1-93 |
| Barnes L. G. (1989) A new enaliarctine pinniped from the Astoria Formation, Oregon, and a classification of the Otariidae (Mammalia: Carnivora), Contributions in Science 403, 1-26 |
| Vidal O. (1991) Catalog of osteological collections of aquatic mammals from Mexico, NOAA Technical Reports NMFS 97, 1-36 |
| Deméré T. A., Berta A., et al (2003) Pinnipedimorph evolutionary biogeography, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279, 32-76 |
| Barnes L. G. (2008) Otarioidea, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 2, 523-541 |
| Boessenecker R. W., Churchill M. (2013) A Reevaluation of the Morphology, Paleoecology, and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Enigmatic Walrus Pelagiarctos, PLoS One 8 1, e5411 |
| Berta A. (2018) Pinniped evolution, Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 712-722 |
| Berta A., Churchill M., et al (2018) The Origin and Evolutionary Biology of Pinnipeds: Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 46, 203-228 doi:10.1146/annurev-earth-082517-010009 |
| Magallanes I., Parham J. F., et al (2018) A new tuskless walrus from the Miocene of Orange County, California, with comments on the diversity and taxonomy of odobenids, PeerJ 6, e5708 doi:10.7717/peerj.5708 |
Dusignathus santacruzensis ✝
