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Remingtonocetus

Mammalia - Cetacea - Remingtonocetidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Remingtonocetus Kumar and Sahni p. 320
1990Remingtonocetus Gingerich and Russell p. 18
1993Remingtonocetus Benton p. 761
1996Remingtonocetus Thewissen et al. p. 71 figs. Figure 31
1997Remingtonocetus McKenna and Bell p. 370
1998Remingtonocetus Bajpai and Thewissen p. 215
1998Remingtonocetus Williams p. 7
2001Remingtonocetus Gingerich et al.
2001Remingtonocetus Thewissen et al. p. 351 figs. Table 1
2002Remingtonocetus Sepkoski
2003Remingtonocetus Geisler and Sanders p. 27
2004Remingtonocetus van Vliet p. 143
2008Remingtonocetus McLeod and Barnes p. 93
2009Remingtonocetus Thewissen and Bajpai p. 657
2011Remingtonocetus Bajpai et al. p. 703
2011Remingtonocetus Uhen et al. p. 966 figs. Figure 10
2012Remingtonocetus Gingerich p. 313 figs. Figure 4
2014Remingtonocetus Cooper et al. p. 104
2015Remingtonocetus Bebej et al.
2015Remingtonocetus Gao and Ni p. 156 figs. Table 1
2016Remingtonocetus Marx et al. p. 99
2017Remingtonocetus Berta p. 159
2023Remingtonocetus Chakraborty and Sengupta p. 515

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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
subfamilyRemingtonocetinae
genusRemingtonocetus

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. †Remingtonocetus Kumar and Sahni 1986
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Remingtonocetus domandaensis Gingerich et al. 2001
Remingtonocetus harudiensis Sahni and Mishra 1975
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. Chakraborty and D. P. Sengupta 2023 Long, narrow and elongated skull, mandibular symphysis extending up to P4 (i.e., the fourth premolar; in Andrewsiphius, the symphysis extends up to the second molar or further), constant depth of rami from P1-P4 (in Andrewsiphius it increases posteriorly), a narrow and elongated facial region with elongated nasal bones and reduced frontals (Kumar and Sahni, 1986). Remingtonoce- tus differs from most other cetaceans of Eocene by the long narrow rostrum, large auditory bullae and post-orbital fossa (Bajpai et al., 2011). They also have small orbits pos- terior to M3, large auditory bullae, and a fully ossified nasopharyngeal duct that extends to the ears (Bajpai et al., 2011).
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 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India R. harudiensis (181249)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan (Baluchistan) R. domandaensis (45623)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Gujarat) R. harudiensis (230924)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan (Balochistan) R. domandaensis (28938 127196)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan (Punjab) Indocetus ramani (28975)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Kutch) Protocetus harudiensis (45590)