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Herpetocetus bramblei

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Herpetocetus bramblei was named by Whitmore and Barnes (2008) [aff. Herpetocetus Van Beneden, 1872, Barnes 1977, table 6]. Its type specimen is UCMP 82465, a partial skull (left half of a braincase), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Opal Cliffs 1, which is in a Messinian/Zanclean open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Purisima Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Herpetocetus bramblei Whitmore and Barnes p. 158 figs. Figures 17-24
2010Herpetocetus bramblei Steeman p. 74
2013Herpetocetus bramblei Bisconti et al. p. 121
2013Herpetocetus bramblei Boessenecker p. 861
2014Herpetocetus bramblei El Adli et al. p. 404
2015Herpetocetus bramblei Gol'din and Steeman p. 13 figs. Figure 10
2015Herpetocetus bramblei Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2
2016Herpetocetus bramblei Marx et al. p. 22 figs. Figure 10
2018Herpetocetus bramblei Tanaka et al. p. 302 figs. Table 2

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

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.

†Herpetocetus bramblei Whitmore and Barnes 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Herpetocetus bramblei (184950)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6USA (California) Herpetocetus bramblei (type locality: 77499)