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Mithridatocetus

Osteichthyes - Cetacea

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Cetotherium mayeri Brandt p. 564
1873Cetotherium mayeri Brandt p. 121 figs. Pl. 12, Fig. 2a-c
1898Cetotherium meyeri Trouessart p. 1070
1904Cetotherium meyeri Trouessart p. 779
1934Cetotherium mayeri Riabinin p. 4
1965Cetotherium mayeri Hofstein p. 26
2009Cetotherium mayeri Tarasenko and Titov p. 90
2012Cetotherium mayeri Tarasenko and Lopatin p. 532
2017Mithridatocetus Goldin and Startsev
2018Mithridatocetus Gol'din p. 23 figs. Fig. 14
2023Mithridatocetus Torcărescu p. 271

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

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.

G. †Mithridatocetus Goldin and Startsev 2017
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†Mithridatocetus adygeicus Tarasenko and Lopatin 2012
†Mithridatocetus eichwaldi Goldin and Startsev 2017
Invalid names: Cetotherium mayeri Brandt 1871 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Goldin and D. Startsev 2017A whale c. 4–5 m long differing from Mithrida- tocetus adygeicus in having parietals less exposed on the skull vertex, a sharper and longer paroccipital process with a nuchal crest extending as posterior as or posterior to an occipital condyle, a shorter and narrower anterior process of the periotic, a large and anteroposteriorly long pars cochlearis and a tube-like closed facial sulcus.
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 Sarmatian to the top of the Tortonian or 12.80000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neogene23.04 - 2.58Ukraine (Crimea) M. sp. (182320)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Russian Federation (Dagestan) Cetotherium mayeri (49685)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Ukraine Cetotherium mayeri (183534)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Romania M. sp. (80361)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Russian Federation Cetotherium mayeri (34741 85312)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Ukraine Cetotherium mayeri (88545) M. sp. (75089)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Georgia Cetotherium mayeri (47622)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Russian Federation (Adygea) Kurdalagonus adygeicus (134303)