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Pelocetus calvertensis

Osteichthyes - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Pelocetus calvertensis was named by Kellogg (1965). Its type specimen is USNM 11976, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Governor Run, north of, Zone 13, which is in a Langhian estuary/bay claystone in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Pelocetus by Bisconti et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Pelocetus calvertensis Kellogg pp. 3-4 figs. 1-28
1994Pelocetus calvertensis Gottfried et al. p. 233
2006Pelocetus calvertensis Bouetel and Muizon p. 385
2008Pelocetus calvertensis Uhen et al. p. 616
2011Pelocetus calvertensis Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1, FIgure 5
2011Pelocetus calvertensis Marx p. 83 figs. Figure 2
2015Pelocetus calvertensis Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2
2019Pelocetus calvertensis Leslie et al. p. 6

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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()
—Plicogulae
superfamilyBalaenopteroideaGray 1868
superfamilyPanbalaenopteroidea
genusPelocetus
speciescalvertensis

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.

†Pelocetus calvertensis Kellogg 1965
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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 Langhian to the top of the Serravallian or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Pelocetus calvertensis (type locality: 45502 70834)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Virginia) Pelocetus calvertensis (45508 187324)