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Adicetus latus
Taxonomy
Aulocetus latus was named by Kellogg (1940) [Museu Mineralogico e Geologica de Universidade de Lisboa]. Its type specimen is B2, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Adiça, which is in a Tortonian marine limestone/sandstone in Portugal.
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Tranatocetidae by Gol'din and Steeman (2015); it was recombined as Adicetus latus by Figueiredo et al. (2024).
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Tranatocetidae by Gol'din and Steeman (2015); it was recombined as Adicetus latus by Figueiredo et al. (2024).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1940 | Aulocetus latus Kellogg p. 17 |
| 2011 | Aulocetus latus Marx p. 83 figs. Figure 2 |
| 2024 | Adicetus latus Figueiredo et al. p. 7 |
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†Adicetus latus Kellogg 1940
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| R. Figueiredo et al. 2024 | Shares with Adicetus vandelli a: elongate and roughly parallel-sided ascending processes of the maxillae; faint pair of tubercles on the supraoccipital; bent supraoccipital with its anterodorsal portion transversely concave; pointed supraoccipital; sigmoidal suture between the palatines and the maxillae; concave lateral profile of the anterior portion of the rostrum, in lateral view; and a wide narial fossa. Differs from Adicetus vandelli in having: the compound posterior pro- cess firmly integrated in the lateral wall of the skull; a proportionally bigger squamosal even though Adicetus latus is smaller; a significantly less laterally projected nuchal crest; a more excavated squamosal fossa with an acute posterior angle; a less rounded palatal keel; and it has the paired tubercles in the occipital region placed more laterally and ventrally. In addition, it also differs from Adicetus vandelli in lacking a groove between the ascending process of the maxilla and the frontal and a well-developed crest in the anterolateral portion of the maxilla. |