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Adicetus

Osteichthyes - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Adicetus was named by Figueiredo et al. (2024). Its type is Cetotherium vandelli.

It was assigned to Cetotheriidae by Figueiredo et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Adicetus Figueiredo et al. p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderMysticeti
—Chaeomysticeti()
subfamilyCetotheriidae()
genusAdicetus

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.

G. †Adicetus Figueiredo et al. 2024
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†Adicetus latus Kellogg 1940
†Adicetus vandelli Van Beneden and Gervais 1868
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Figueiredo et al. 2024Small to medium-sized cetotheriid sharing with the other members of the family an elongated and convergent ascending process of the maxillae, nasals with posteriorly convergent edges and an enlarged compound posterior process of the tympanoperiotic with its facial sulcus floored by a posteroventral flange. Shares with all cetotheriids except Cephalotropis a wider than long temporal fossa; with all cetotheriids except Cephalotropis and Tiucetus the presence of a primary dorsal infraorbital foramen on the ascending processes of the maxillae; with all cetotheriids except Herpetocetus and Nannocetus the presence of a ventrally oriented postgle- noid process, in posterior view; with all cetotheriids except Herpetocetus, Nannocetus, Mithri- datocetus and Ciuciulea a well-developed conical process of the tympanic bulla; with all cetotheriids except Herpetocetus, Nannocetus, Kurdalagonus and Brandtocetus a facial sulcus running along the posterior margin of the compound posterior process. Further differs from all cetotheriids by having a pair of faint tubercles on the supraoccipital; from all cetotheriids except Piscobalaena by having a sigmoidal shaped suture between the maxillae and palatines; from Cephalotropis, Tiucetus, Joumocetus and Cetotherium by having a concave lateral profile of the facial region of the rostrum; from Cephalotropis, Tiucetus, Joumocetus, Ciuciulea, Mithri- datocetus and Metopocetus by having roughly parallel-sided ascending processes of the maxil- lae; from Cephalotropis, Tiucetus, Joumocetus and Ciuciulea for not having the parietal
exposed on the skull vertex; from Tiucetus, Tranatocetus, Cetotherium, Brandtocetus and Kur- dalagonus for lacking a squamosal prominence; from Herentalia, Kurdalagonus, Mithridatocetus, Piscobalaena, Cetotherium, Ciuciulea and Brandtocetus by lacking a well- defined external occipital crest; and from Tranatocetus, Metopocetus, Herpetocetus, Nannocetus and Piscobalaena for having a cylindrical shaped compound posterior process.