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Albacetus salvifactus
Taxonomy
Albacetus salvifactus was named by Bisconti et al. (2025). Its type specimen is MCEA G1621, a partial skeleton (skull and matrix- made natural casts of tympanic cavity, pterygoid fossa, lateral surface of both right mandibular ramus and crushed left mandibular ramus; part), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Albacetus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2025 | Albacetus salvifactus Bisconti et al. p. 10 |
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†Albacetus salvifactus Bisconti et al. 2025
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. Bisconti et al. 2025 | Unique character combination: Cetotheriid
sensu stricto with triangular and pointed anterior end of the supraoccipital, ascending processes of the maxillae meeting along midline for part of their medial border, double sternomastoid fossa in the lateral surface of the squamosal, compound posterior process and body of the periotic aligned in dorsal view, intermediate type tym- panic bulla (sensu Bisconti & Bosselaers, 2021; see Osteological comparisons section: Tympanic bulla), anteriorly concave frontal-parietal suture so that the frontal border of parietal is interdigitated with the post- eromedial elements of rostrum. Differential diagnosis: MCEA G1621 differs from Herpetocetus morrowi, Piscobalaena nana, Metopocetus hunteri and Herentalia nigra in having compound pos- terior process and body of the periotic aligned in dorsal view; it differs from H. morrowi, H. sendaicus, Herentalia nigra, Metopocetus hunteri, M. durinasus, Mixocetus elysius and Tranatocetus argillarius in having a triangular and pointed anterior end of the supraoccipi- tal; it differs from Herpetocetus morrowi, H. sendaicus, Piscobalaena nana, Ciuciulea davidi, Cetotherium rath- kei and Tranatocetus maregermanicum in having an anteriorly concave frontal-parietal suture allowing inter- digitation between frontal border of parietal and postero- medial elements of the rostrum; it differs from Brandtocetus chongkulek, Tranatocetus argillarius, Metopocetus durinasus, and Piscobalaena nana in that the posterior ends of the ascending process of the max- illa are not in contact with the frontal-parietal suture; it differs from Herpetocetus morrowi, Piscobalaena nana, Cetotherium riabinini in having an intermediate type tympanic bulla (sensu Bisconti & Bosselaers, 2021). |
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Collections
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