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Argyrocetus patagonicus

Osteichthyes - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Argyrocetus patagonicus was named by Lydekker (1894). Its type specimen is MLP undesignated, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bryn Gwyn, which is in a Burdigalian marine siltstone/sandstone in the Gaiman Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Argyrocetus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Argyrocetus patagonicus Lydekker pp. 10-12 figs. Plate V
1898Argyrocetus patagonicus Trouessart p. 1015
1901Argyrocetus patagonicus Ameghino p. 80
1904Argyrocetus patagonicus Palmer p. 120
1904Argyrocetus patagonicus Trouessart p. 756
1942Argyrocetus patagonicus Kellogg p. 449
1996Argyrocetus patagonicus Cozzuol p. 325
2008Argyrocetus patagonicus Uhen et al. p. 571

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
genusArgyrocetus
speciespatagonicus

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.

†Argyrocetus patagonicus Lydekker 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available