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Taxonomy
Africanacetus ceratopsis was named by Bianucci et al. (2007). Its type specimen is NMR 9991-00001993, a partial skull (a partial skull including the rostrum and the dorsal part of the cranium with the vertex), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southern Africa, offshore, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine phosphorite in South Africa.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2007 | Africanacetus ceratopsis Bianucci et al. p. 583 figs. Fig. 17, 18 |
| 2013 | Africanacetus ceratopsis Goldin and Vishnyakova p. 446 |
| 2017 | Africanacetus ceratopsis Ichishima et al. |
| 2018 | Africanacetus ceratopsis Lambert et al. p. 143 |
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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.
†Africanacetus ceratopsis Bianucci et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Pliocene or 11.63000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Miocene - Pliocene | South Africa | Africanacetus ceratopsis (type locality: 77208) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Holocene | French Southern Territories | Africanacetus ceratopsis (192395) |