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Phiomicetus
Taxonomy
Phiomicetus was named by Gohar et al. (2021). Its type is Phiomicetus anubis.
It was assigned to Protocetidae by Gohar et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Protocetidae by Gohar et al. (2021).
Species
P. anubis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2021 | Phiomicetus Gohar et al. p. 2 |
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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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. S. Gohar et al. 2021 | Phiomicetus differs from all known protocetids in exhibiting a number of autapomorphies, including the presence of a rela- tively large, elongated temporal fossa; an anteriorly placed pterygoid, located at the anterior edge of the temporal fossa, just below the level of the postorbital process of the frontal; an elongated parietal; a tongue-shaped frontal shield whose anterolateral margin is more rounded in outline than those of most other protocetids, leaving the orbit small and circular in lateral view; an unfused and elongated mandibular symphysis, measuring 51% of total preserved dentary length; a high ratio (approx. 2.9) between the height of the mandible at the coronoid process versus the height at the anterior margin of P4; an enlarged I3 rather than I2 as in other protocetids; and a minor difference between the length-to-width ratios of the centrum in the preserved cervical vertebra and the same vertebra in most other protocetids (extended diagnosis and comparisons in the electronic supplementary material). |
Measurements
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| Reference: Uhen 2004 | |||||