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Kurdalagonus maicopicus

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Cetotherium maicopicum was named by Spasski (1951) [Lectotype designated by Tarasenko & Lopatin 2012, PIN 764/1, incomplete skull]. Its type specimen is IBP S144, S131, S142, S154, S125, S126, S128, S130, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is River Belaia, which is in a Sarmatian lacustrine lime mudstone in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Kurdalagonus maicopicus by Tarasenko and Lopatin (2012); it was recombined as Kurdalagonus maicopicum by Goldin and Startsev (2014); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Chaeomysticeti by Goldin and Startsev (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Cetotherium maicopicum Spasski p. 58 figs. Fig. 1-4
1954Cetotherium maicopicum Spasskii
2012Kurdalagonus maicopicus Tarasenko and Lopatin p. 533
2014Kurdalagonus maicopicum Goldin and Startsev p. 419

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

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.

†Kurdalagonus maicopicus Spasski 1951
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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: 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 (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Russian Federation (Dagestan) Cetotherium maicopicum (49685)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Russian Federation (Adygea) Kurdalagonus maicopicus (207770)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Russian Federation Cetotherium maicopicum (type locality: 34741)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Russian Federation (Adygea) Kurdalagonus maicopicus (134303)