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Taxonomy
Metopocetus hunteri was named by Marx et al. (2016). Its type specimen is NMR 9991-07729, a partial skull (vertex, palatines, the right half of the braincase and basicranium, and the right periotic and tympanic bulla), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hoogdonk Sandpit, which is in a Tortonian marine sandstone in the Diessen Formation of the Netherlands.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2016 | Metopocetus hunteri Marx et al. p. 5 figs. Figs. 2-9 |
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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.
†Metopocetus hunteri Marx et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| F. G. Marx et al. 2016 | Differs from Metopocetus durinasus in having a somewhat narrower, less distally exposed compound posterior process of the tympanoperiotic, a less anteriorly bulging temporal wall of the squamosal and a more proximally located primary dorsal infraorbital foramen on the ascending process of the maxilla (located either more distally or absent in M. durinasus), as well as in lacking ankylosed nasals. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Uhen 2004 | |||||