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Crenatocetus rayi

Mammalia - Cetacea - Protocetidae

Taxonomy
Crenatocetus rayi was named by McLeod and Barnes (2008). Its type specimen is USNM 392014, a mandible (posterior portions of both dentaries with P/4 and molars), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Martin Marietta New Bern Quarry, Castle Hayne Formation, which is in an Eocene coastal limestone in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Crenatocetus rayi McLeod and Barnes p. 76
2014Crenatocetus rayi Uhen p. 211

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
familyProtocetidae
genusCrenatocetus
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.

†Crenatocetus rayi McLeod and Barnes 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available