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Ocucajea picklingi
Taxonomy
Ocucajea picklingi was named by Uhen et al. (2011). Its type specimen is MUSM 1442, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Archaeocete Valley, Paracas, AV-19, which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone in the Paracas Formation of Peru.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2011 | Ocucajea picklingi Uhen et al. p. 960 figs. Figures 8, 9 |
| 2018 | Ocucajea picklingi Uhen |
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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.
†Ocucajea picklingi Uhen et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. D. Uhen et al. 2011 | Ocucajea can be distinguished from all other dorudontines based on its small size and the configuration of bones at the cranial vertex (Fig. 9). In Ocucajea, the nasals and maxillae extend about the same distance posteriorly, whereas in Saghacetus and Dorudon, the nasals extend farther posteriorly than the maxillae. Ocucajea lacks a narial process of the frontal, a feature present in Saghacetus. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Uhen 2004 | |||||