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Cetotheriinae

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Cetotheriinae was named by Whitmore and Barnes (2008) [Whitmore and Barnes (2008) did not first name the subfamily Cetotheriinae, but they were the first to use it as a subfamily of Cetotheriidae].

It was assigned to Cetotheriidae by Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008), Whitmore and Barnes (2008), Tarasenko and Lopatin (2012), Tarasenko (2014), Goldin and Startsev (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Cetotheriinae Whitmore and Barnes p. 143
2008Cetotheriinae Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 242
2012Cetotheriinae Tarasenko and Lopatin p. 532
2014Cetotheriinae Tarasenko p. 551
2017Cetotheriinae Goldin and Startsev

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderMysticeti
—Chaeomysticeti()
subfamilyCetotheriidae()
subfamilyCetotheriinae
subfamilyCetotheriinae

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.

Subfm. †Cetotheriinae Whitmore and Barnes 2008
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G. †Brandtocetus Goldin and Startsev 2014
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†Brandtocetus chongulek Goldin and Startsev 2014
G. †Cetotherium Brandt 1843
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†Cetotherium capellinii Brandt 1873
†Cetotherium furlongi Kellogg 1925
†Cetotherium parvum Trouessart 1898
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Invalid names: Delphinapterus tyrannus Cope 1868 [synonym]
†Cetotherium polyporum Cope 1869
†Cetotherium rathkii Brandt 1843
†Cetotherium riabinini Hofstein 1948
G. †Kurdalagonus Tarasenko and Lopatin 2012
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†Kurdalagonus maicopicus Spasski 1951
†Kurdalagonus mchedlidzei Tarasenko and Lopatin 2012
G. †Mithridatocetus Goldin and Startsev 2017
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†Mithridatocetus adygeicus Tarasenko and Lopatin 2012
†Mithridatocetus eichwaldi Goldin and Startsev 2017
Invalid names: Cetotherium mayeri Brandt 1871 [invalid subgroup]
G. †Zygiocetus Tarasenko 2014
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†Zygiocetus nartorum Tarasenko 2014
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Goldin and D. Startsev 2017Cetotheriids more closely related to Cetotherium than to Herpetocetus, and sharing the following synapomorphies: an anteroposteriorly long and dorsoven- trally high zygomatic process of the squamosal (also shared by Joumocetus and Otradnocetus) and apertures for the vestibular and cochlear aqueducts in a common deep recess on the periotic. Differ from Herpetocetinae in a proximal end of the premaxilla exposed on the skull surface in dorsal view, a transversely wide postglenoid process, an occipital shield extending to the level of the centre of temporal fossa or anterior to it, a high and moderately long posterior pro- cess of the tympanoperiotic with the slightly convex (rather than extremely short and ‘plug-like’) lateral surface exposed on the posterolateral wall of the skull, and a mandible with a high condyle and a short angular process. Most of mem- bers of Cetotheriinae show intensive pachyosteosclerosis of postcranial skeleton, and some of them also have pachyo- stotic mandibles.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-03-06 14:20:41
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:34:40
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Calabrian or 20.45000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neogene23.04 - 2.58Ukraine (Crimea) Mithridatocetus sp. (182320)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (California) Cetotherium furlongi (45496)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Cetotherium sp. (56562)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Austria Cetotherium sp. (65410)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Spain Cetotherium sp. (49670 49678)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Spain (Tarragona) Cetotherium sp. (49680)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Spain (Saldonera) Cetotherium sp. (49672)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Netherlands Cetotherium sp. (192727)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Bosnia and Herzegovina Cetotherium rathkei (104804)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Ukraine Cetotherium mayeri (183534)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Cetotherium sp. (70843) Delphinapterus tyrannus (55396)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Russian Federation (Dagestan) Cetotherium maicopicum, Cetotherium mayeri (49685)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Romania Cetotherium sp. (80362) Cetotherium sp., Mithridatocetus sp. (80361)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Ukraine (Dnepropetrovsk) Cetotherium sp. (60263)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Russian Federation (Adygea) Kurdalagonus mchedlidzei (134301)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Russian Federation (Adygea) Kurdalagonus sp., Kurdalagonus maicopicus (207770)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Russian Federation Cetotherium maicopicum, Cetotherium mayeri (34741) Cetotherium mayeri (85312) Cetotherium sp. (73903)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Ukraine (Crimea) Brandtocetus chongulek (152864 152869)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Maryland) Cetotherium megalophysum (70851 70852) Cetotherium parvum (55395)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Ukraine Cetotherium rathkei, Cetotherium mayeri (88545) Cetotherium riabinini (52073) Mithridatocetus sp. (75089)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Russian Federation (Adygea) Kurdalagonus adygeicus, Kurdalagonus maicopicus (134303)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Georgia Cetotherium mayeri (47622) Cetotherium sp. (73901)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Russian Federation Cetotherium rathkii (152907)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Ukraine (Crimea) Cetotherium rathkii (85514)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Ukraine Zygiocetus sp. (211305)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Russian Federation (Adygea) Cetotherium sp. (166428)
Messinian - Early/Lower Pleistocene7.246 - 0.774Netherlands Cetotherium sp. (189573)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Cetotheriinae indet. (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Cetotherium capellinii (84944)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Piacenza) Cetotherium capellinii (187600)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Eschrichtius polyporus (49983)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Virginia) Cetotherium crassangulum (85158)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Italy Cetotherium capellinii (59273)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy Cetotherium capellinii (153708)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Azerbaijan Cetotherium sp. (59668)