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Family?
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<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC7CFF97FCD6FD8CFB13FD1B" bold="true" box="[806,1159,634,656]" pageId="14" pageNumber="81">Genus and species indeterminate</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC7CFF97FCD6FD52FC49FD3C" box="[806,989,676,695]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="81">Referred specimens.</emphasis>
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P218465, incomplete left horizontal ramus of mandible (
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).
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P218273, isolated upper incisor or canine tooth (not figured).
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. P218465 is an incomplete left horizontal ramus with a preserved length of
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, depth at level of dorsal concavity of
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, and mediolateral thickness at level of posterior alveolus for m1 of
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. The surface detail of P218465 is well preserved relative to most of the other marine vertebrate fossils recovered from the Whalers Bluff Formation. P218465 lacks all of the horizontal ramus anterior to the anterior alveolus for p4 and all of the ascending and horizontal rami posterior to the anteriormost corner of the fossa for
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. No teeth are preserved in situ in the mandible. In overall proportions, the ramus is lightly built. In posterior and dorsal view, slight medial inflection of the ramus is visible. In lateral aspect, there is a small mental foramen located ventral to the position of the interalveolar septum between the anterior and posterior alveoli of p4 (
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). This position is almost identical to that of the posteriormost mental foramen on a mandible referred to
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sp.
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by
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. Such small mental foramina are also present on the mandibles of
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<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC7CFF97FC48FAFDFB31FAAA" box="[952,1189,1291,1313]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="81">Zalophus californianus</emphasis>
Lesson, 1828
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(
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; pers. obs.). Immediately posterior to the posterior alveolus of m1 is a prominent dorsal concavity
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long (measured from the m1 alveolus to the anterior margin of the fossa for
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). This dorsal concavity resembles that of
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. The preserved anterior region of the fossa for
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differs from that of
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in being dorsoventrally broader with a more rounded outline.
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P218273 represents an isolated incisor or canine tooth,
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long; its mesiodistal width at a level just below the base of the crown is
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while its buccolingual width at the same level is
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. The crown has smooth enamel and is recurved towards the apex. The root has a consistent thickness and is buccolingually compressed.
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<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC7CFF97FCD6F93DFC00F96A" box="[806,916,1739,1761]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="81">Discussion</emphasis>
. The pinniped fossils recovered from the Whalers Bluff Formation do not include elements preserving unequivocal synapomorphies of suprageneric pinniped taxa.
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and
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listed the possession of a bony flange below the angular process of the mandible as an unequivocal synapomorphy of Superfamily
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(sensu
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) but the posterior region of the mandible is not preserved in P218465. However, P218465 is tentatively referred to the
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on the basis of its morphology and proportions being most similar to the mandibles of phocid seals, as opposed to otariids and odobenids. It remains possible that P218465 represents an otariid mandible. If this were the case, then a major rethinking of otariid evolutionary biogeography would be necessary, as current estimates place the otariid dispersal into the Southern Hemisphere at around the Pliocene/Pleistocene boundary (
<bibRefCitation id="EF947FBDDC63FF88FE3EFA59FD3EFA4E" author="Demere, T. A. &amp; Berta, A. &amp; Adam, P. J." box="[462,682,1455,1477]" pageId="17" pageNumber="84" pagination="32 - 76" refId="ref13906" refString="Demere, T. A., Berta, A., and Adam, P. J. 2003. Pinnipedimorph evolutionary biogeography. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279: 32 - 76." type="journal article" year="2003">Deméré et al., 2003</bibRefCitation>
; contra
<bibRefCitation id="EF947FBDDC63FF88FF72FA3AFE25FA69" author="Repenning, C. A. &amp; Tedford, R. H." box="[130,433,1484,1506]" pageId="17" pageNumber="84" pagination="1 - 93" refId="ref16846" refString="Repenning, C. A., and Tedford, R. H. 1977. Otarioid seals of the Neogene. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 992: 1 - 93." type="journal article" year="1977">Repenning and Tedford, 1977</bibRefCitation>
, who indicated a latest Miocene dispersal event at the earliest), and the age of P218465 (and P218273) probably predates that horizon.
</paragraph>
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Figure 8.
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gen. et sp. undet. A (Pliocene Whalers Bluff Formation, Portland, Victoria, Australia), right periotic, NMV P218264 (
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).
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, ventral view.
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, cranial view.
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, medial view.
<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC7DFF96FDB0F871FDC4F811" bold="true" box="[576,592,1927,1946]" pageId="15" pageNumber="82">D</emphasis>
, lateral view. Scale bar equals 10 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BBA024CDC62FF89FB31FC47FDE9FC55" pageId="16" pageNumber="83">B A B A</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BBA024CDC62FF89FBC5FA97FBC9FAFD" box="[1077,1117,1377,1398]" pageId="16" pageNumber="83">C</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BBA024CDC62FF89FBC5FA80FBC9FA04" box="[1077,1117,1398,1423]" pageId="16" pageNumber="83">C</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BBA024CDC62FF89FBCAF8FEFBCBF8B9" box="[1082,1119,1800,1842]" pageId="16" pageNumber="83">D</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BBA024CDC62FF89FBCAF8C4FBCBF8BE" box="[1082,1119,1842,1845]" pageId="16" pageNumber="83">D</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BBA024CDC62FF89FF7AF89BFCB4F810" blockId="16.[138,1438,1900,1947]" pageId="16" pageNumber="83">
Figure 9.
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gen. et sp. undet.A (Pleistocene-Pliocene Red Crag, Henley, England), right periotic, NMV P218481 (
<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC62FF89FB2EF89AFB69F80B" bold="true" box="[1246,1277,1900,1920]" pageId="16" pageNumber="83">AC</emphasis>
).
<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC62FF89FAE0F89AFAB4F80B" bold="true" box="[1296,1312,1900,1920]" pageId="16" pageNumber="83">A</emphasis>
, ventral view.
<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC62FF89FF7AF871FF0DF811" bold="true" box="[138,153,1927,1946]" pageId="16" pageNumber="83">B</emphasis>
, cranial view.
<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC62FF89FEEDF871FEB9F810" bold="true" box="[285,301,1927,1947]" pageId="16" pageNumber="83">C</emphasis>
, medial view.
<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC62FF89FE42F871FE56F811" bold="true" box="[434,450,1927,1946]" pageId="16" pageNumber="83">D</emphasis>
, lateral view. Scale bar equals 10 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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Figure 10.?
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gen. et sp. indet. (Pliocene Whalers Bluff Formation, Portland, Victoria, Australia), incomplete left mandible, NMV P218465 (
<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC63FF88FF79FB53FF3CFB32" bold="true" box="[137,168,1189,1209]" pageId="17" pageNumber="84">AC</emphasis>
).
<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC63FF88FF4CFB53FF58FB32" bold="true" box="[188,204,1189,1209]" pageId="17" pageNumber="84">A</emphasis>
, dorsal view.
<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC63FF88FEBAFB53FECDFB33" bold="true" box="[330,345,1189,1208]" pageId="17" pageNumber="84">B</emphasis>
, lateral view.
<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC63FF88FE28FB53FE7CFB32" bold="true" box="[472,488,1189,1209]" pageId="17" pageNumber="84">C</emphasis>
, medial view. Black arrow in
<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC63FF88FD09FB53FC9CFB33" bold="true" box="[761,776,1189,1208]" pageId="17" pageNumber="84">B</emphasis>
points to mental foramen. Scale bar equals 10 mm
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BBA024CDC63FF88FF52F9D4FED9F818" blockId="17.[130,761,1252,1968]" pageId="17" pageNumber="84">
Given that P218465 is not similar in morphology to
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but shares certain features with some phocids (see description and discussion below), there is no firm evidence to suggest that the Portland mandible represents an otariid. The fact that phocid seal fossils have previously been reported from Pliocene-aged sediments in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EF947FBDDC63FF88FDFCF945FF21F96D" author="Fordyce, R. E. &amp; Flannery, T. F." pageId="17" pageNumber="84" pagination="99 - 100" refId="ref14768" refString="Fordyce, R. E., and Flannery, T. F. 1983. Fossil phocid seals from the late Tertiary of Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 95: 99 - 100." type="journal article" year="1983">Fordyce and Flannery, 1983</bibRefCitation>
) whereas otariids have not lends further support to the assignment of P218465 to the
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. However, P218465 and P218273 are not referred unquestionably to
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because the late Neogene fossil record of marine mammals in the SW Pacific remains too poorly documented to provide any absolute idea of the composition of the marine mammal fauna during the Pliocene.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BBA024CDC63FF88FF52F86CFCF5F927" blockId="17.[130,761,1252,1968]" lastBlockId="17.[798,1430,1253,1969]" pageId="17" pageNumber="84">
Among extant and fossil phocid mandibles, P218465 is most similar to those of the Pliocene taxa
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<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC63FF88FB04FB13FCE6FA93" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="84">Acrophoca longirostris</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF947FBDDC63FF88FC71FAF7FB8CFA9C" author="Muizon, C. de" box="[897,1048,1281,1303]" pageId="17" pageNumber="84" pagination="1 - 161" refId="ref16192" refString="Muizon, C. de. 1981. Les vertebres fossiles de la formation Pisco (Perou). Premiere partie: Deux nouveaux Monachinae (Phocidae, Mammalia) du Pliocene de Sud-Sacaco. Travaux de l'Institut Francais d'Etudes Andines 22: 1 - 161." type="journal article" year="1981">Muizon, 1981</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC63FF88FBDBFAF4FA91FA93" box="[1067,1285,1282,1304]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="84">Homiphoca capensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF947FBDDC63FF88FAE4FAF7FC47FABF" author="Hendey, Q. B. &amp; Repenning, C. A." pageId="17" pageNumber="84" pagination="71 - 98" refId="ref15509" refString="Hendey, Q. B., and Repenning, C. A. 1972. A Pliocene phocid from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 59: 71 - 98." type="journal article" year="1972">Hendey and Repenning, 1972</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC63FF88FBE9FAE9FB78FABE" box="[1049,1260,1311,1333]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="84">Piscophoca pacifica</emphasis>
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. P218465 may be clearly distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC63FF88FB1CFACAFACCFAD9" box="[1260,1368,1340,1362]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="84">Acrophoca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, as it lacks the wide diastema between cheek teeth characteristic of
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<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC63FF88FCEEFA83FC1EFA00" box="[798,906,1397,1419]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="84">Acrophoca</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
. The Portland mandible can be further distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC63FF88FBE7FA64FB18FA23" box="[1047,1164,1426,1448]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="84">Homiphoca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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;
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) by the possession of a well-developed dorsal concavity posterior to m1. P218465 is generally very similar to the mandible of
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<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC63FF88FB4EFA1FFAA7FA74" box="[1214,1331,1513,1535]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="84">Piscophoca</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF947FBDDC63FF88FAB0FA1FFCC5F997" author="Muizon, C. de" pageId="17" pageNumber="84" pagination="1 - 161" refId="ref16192" refString="Muizon, C. de. 1981. Les vertebres fossiles de la formation Pisco (Perou). Premiere partie: Deux nouveaux Monachinae (Phocidae, Mammalia) du Pliocene de Sud-Sacaco. Travaux de l'Institut Francais d'Etudes Andines 22: 1 - 161." type="journal article" year="1981">Muizon, 1981</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
in its overall proportions, relative length of the dorsal concavity posterior to m1, subequal diameters of the alveoli and relatively closely spaced alveoli along the tooth row. However, it is not possible at this stage to determine whether the Portland mandible belongs to a species of
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<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC63FF88FAD0F98CFA01F91B" box="[1312,1429,1658,1680]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="84">Piscophoca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or not.
</paragraph>
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The Australian fossil record of pinnipeds is currently poor.
<bibRefCitation id="EF947FBDDC63FF88FCEEF926FC5EF96D" author="Fordyce, R. E." box="[798,970,1744,1766]" pageId="17" pageNumber="84" pagination="1165 - 1190" refId="ref14372" refString="Fordyce, R. E. 1991 b. The Australasian marine vertebrate record and its climatic and geographic implications. Pp. 1165 - 1190 in: Vickers-Rich, P., Monaghan, J. M., Baird, R. F., and Rich, T. H. (eds), Vertebrate Palaeontology of Australasia. Pioneer Design Studio in cooperation with the Monash University Publications Committee: Melbourne." type="book chapter" year="1991">Fordyce (1991b)</bibRefCitation>
summarised the state of knowledge at the beginning of the 1990s, and virtually nothing has been added since that time. The oldest fossil pinnipeds from the SW Pacific are latest Miocene (c. 6 Ma) at the earliest and are from
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EF947FBDDC63FF88FC7DF8B2FBDDF8D1" author="Fitzgerald, E. M. G." box="[909,1097,1860,1882]" pageId="17" pageNumber="84" pagination="183 - 208" refId="ref14100" refString="Fitzgerald, E. M. G. 2004 b. A review of the Tertiary fossil Cetacea (Mammalia) localities in Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61: 183 - 208." type="journal article" year="2004">Fitzgerald, 2004b</bibRefCitation>
).
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provided a preliminary assessment of these fragmentary fossils suggesting that they represented monachine phocids. The fossils represent one?incisor tooth (P16198), two right temporals (P160399 and P160441), two fused sacral vertebrae (P41759) and an articulated series of eight thoracic vertebrae with five ribs (P160433). None of these specimens has yet been described and only one of the temporals (P160399) has been figured (
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). Recently, two other pre-Pleistocene?phocid fossils have been discovered: P42523, isolated right metatarsal
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; and P215759, isolated left metatarsal
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. Both P42523 and P215759 were derived from beds immediately overlying a phosphatic nodule horizon at the base of the Black Rock Sandstone (Beaumaris,
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), and are thus early Early Pliocene in age. The exact relationships of the phocids represented by temporals to extant Monachinae and their fossil sister-taxa (
<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC60FF8BFE79FD73FD14FD10" box="[393,640,645,667]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="85">
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,
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</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C0579CFDC60FF8BFD31FD73FF53FD33" baseAuthorityName="Muizon" baseAuthorityYear="1981" class="Mammalia" family="Phocidae" genus="Piscophoca" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="18" pageNumber="85" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B971DE5EDC60FF8BFD31FD73FF53FD33" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="85">Piscophoca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) have yet to be determined. The report herein of two probable phocid pinniped fossils from Portland brings the number of known Australian pre-Pleistocene pinniped specimens to nine.
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