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Rayanistes afer

Mammalia - Cetacea - Remingtonocetidae

Taxonomy
Rayanistes afer was named by Bebej et al. (2015). Its type specimen is CGM 42190, a partial skeleton (lumbar vertebra; partially preserved sacrum; well preserved caudal vertebra; left innominate preserving the ilium, ischium, and acetabulum; and a nearly complet), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Qusour el Arab, which is in a Lutetian coastal shale in the Midawara Formation of Egypt. It is the type species of Rayanistes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Rayanistes afer Bebej et al. p. 884 figs. Figures 3.1–3.2, 3.5–3.6, 3.9–3.11, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1–6.2

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
familyRemingtonocetidae
genusRayanistes
speciesafer

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.

Rayanistes afer Bebej et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-03-06 14:19:05
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:41:18
Source: o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Egypt Remingtonocetidae indet. (type locality: 96948)