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Stromerius nidensis

Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae

Taxonomy
Stromerius nidensis was named by Gingerich (2007). Its type specimen is USNM 100140, a set of vertebrae (thoracic, lumbar and caudal vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Garet el-Esh, which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Qasr el-Sagha Formation of Egypt.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Stromerius nidensis Gingerich p. 366 figs. Fig. 2-3
2013Stromerius nidensis Gingerich
2018Stromerius nidensis Uhen
2020Stromerius nidensis Zalmout et al. p. 127

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
familyBasilosauridae
genusStromerius
speciesnidensis

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.

†Stromerius nidensis Gingerich 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available