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Aglaocetus latifrons

Osteichthyes - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Mesocetus latifrons was named by Van Beneden (1880) [no type specimen listen in Van Beneden (1880); lectotype from Steeman 2010]. Its type specimen is lectotype IRScNB CtM 567/Reg 198, a partial skull (left periotic), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Deurne (Fort 1), Antwerpen Sands Member, which is in a Langhian/Serravallian open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Berchem Formation of Belgium.

It was recombined as Plesiocetus latifrons by Van Deinse (1931); it was recombined as Aglaocetus latifrons by Steeman (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. burtini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Mesocetus latifrons Van Beneden p. 23
1898Mesocetus latifrons Trouessart p. 1076
1904Mesocetus latifrons Trouessart p. 781
1931Plesiocetus latifrons Van Deinse p. 133
1938Mesocetus latifrons Abel p. 5
2010Aglaocetus latifrons Steeman p. 66

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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
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderMysticeti
—Chaeomysticeti()
—Plicogulae
superfamilyBalaenopteroideaGray 1868
genusAglaocetus
specieslatifrons()

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.

†Aglaocetus latifrons Van Beneden 1880
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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: base of the Langhian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 15.98000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Belgium Mesocetus latifrons (type locality: 96462)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Netherlands Mesocetus latifrons, Plesiocetus latifrons (53889)