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Protororqualus dyticus

Osteichthyes - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Taxonomy
Plesiocetus dyticus was named by Cabrera (1926). Its type specimen is MDLP 5-13 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Castillo, which is in a Burdigalian/Burdigalian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Gaiman Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Cetotheriopsis dyticus by Abel (1938); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Plesiocetus by Fordyce (1991); it was recombined as Protororqualus dyticus by Bisconti and Bosselaers (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Plesiocetus dyticus Cabrera p. 370 figs. Fig. 3
1938Cetotheriopsis dyticus Abel p. 9
1942Plesiocetus dyticus Kellogg p. 450
1996Plesiocetus dyticus Cozzuol p. 324
2007Plesiocetus dyticus Bisconti p. 1109
2021Protororqualus dyticus Bisconti and Bosselaers p. 267 figs. Table 9

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderMysticeti
—Chaeomysticeti()
—Balaenomorpha
superfamilyThalassotherii
familyBalaenopteridae
genusProtororqualus
speciesdyticus()

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.

†Protororqualus dyticus Cabrera 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: suspension feederf
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Argentina (Chubut) Plesiocetus dyticus (type locality: 47303)