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Taxonomy
Messapicetus gregarius was named by Bianucci et al. (2010). Its type specimen is MUSM 1037, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Colorado (Pisco, Miocene), which is in a Tortonian coastal horizon in the Pisco Formation of Peru.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2010 | Messapicetus gregarius Bianucci et al. p. 1080 figs. Figures 2-13 |
| 2016 | Messapicetus gregarius Bianucci et al. p. 65 |
| 2016 | Messapicetus gregarius Ramassamy p. 398 figs. Figure 17 |
| 2018 | Messapicetus gregarius Ramassamy et al. p. 14 |
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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.
†Messapicetus gregarius Bianucci et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. Bianucci et al. 2010 | Messapicetus gregarius differs from M. longirostris in the more distinct maxillary tubercle and prominential notch; the robust premaxillary crest; and the abrupt ventrolateral descent of the medial margin of the maxilla from the vertex. |
Measurements
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| References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991 | |||||