Pinnipedimorphs | |
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Artist reconstruction of Enaliarctos emlongi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Clade: | Pan-Pinnipedia |
Clade: |
Pinnipedimorpha Berta et al., 1989 |
Subtaxa | |
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Pinnipedimorpha is a clade of arctoid carnivorans that is defined to include the last common ancestor of Phoca and Enaliarctos, and all descendants of that ancestor. [1] Scientists still debate on which lineage of arctoid carnivorans are the closest relatives to the pinnipedimorphs, being more closely related to musteloids. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Below is an overall phylogeny of the taxa covered in the article followed after a composite tree in Berta et al. (2018) [1] and a total-evidence (combined molecular-morphological) dataset in Paterson et al. (2020): [7]
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Pinnipedimorphs | |
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Artist reconstruction of Enaliarctos emlongi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Clade: | Pan-Pinnipedia |
Clade: |
Pinnipedimorpha Berta et al., 1989 |
Subtaxa | |
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Pinnipedimorpha is a clade of arctoid carnivorans that is defined to include the last common ancestor of Phoca and Enaliarctos, and all descendants of that ancestor. [1] Scientists still debate on which lineage of arctoid carnivorans are the closest relatives to the pinnipedimorphs, being more closely related to musteloids. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Below is an overall phylogeny of the taxa covered in the article followed after a composite tree in Berta et al. (2018) [1] and a total-evidence (combined molecular-morphological) dataset in Paterson et al. (2020): [7]
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