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Taxonomy
Messapicetus longirostris was named by Bianucci et al. (1992) [Museum of Gruppo Naturlisti Salentini, Lecce, Italy]. Its type specimen is MGNS, no number, a partial skull (skull lacking the auditory bones, teeth and mandibles), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cisterna Quarry, which is in a Tortonian transition zone/lower shoreface lime mudstone in the Pietra Leccese Formation of Italy.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1992 | Messapicetus longirostris Bianucci et al. pp. 261-264 fig. 1 |
| 1994 | Messapicetus longirostris Bianucci et al. p. 232 |
| 2002 | Messapicetus longirostris Bianucci and Landini p. 22 |
| 2016 | Messapicetus longirostris Bianucci et al. p. 65 |
| 2016 | Messapicetus longirostris Ramassamy p. 398 figs. Figure 17 |
| 2019 | Messapicetus longirostris Bianucci et al. p. 294 |
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†Messapicetus longirostris Bianucci et al. 1992
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. Bianucci et al. 2016 | Messapicetus longirostris differs from M. gregarius in the lesser posterior extension of the dorsomedial closu- re of the mesorostral groove by the premaxillae; lacking a distinct maxillary tubercle and prominential notch; the more slender prema- xillary crest; the more gradual posteroventral descent of the medial margin of the maxilla from the vertex; and the presence of two or three dorsal infraorbital foramina on the right maxilla (contra only one foramen in M. gregarius). |
Measurements
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| References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: Tortonian or 11.62000 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burdigalian - Messinian | Italy (Apulia) | Messapicetus longirostris (47125) | |
| Tortonian | Spain (Balearic Islands) | Messapicetus longirostris (206309) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Maryland) | Messapicetus longirostris (70547) | |
| Tortonian | Italy (Apulia) | Messapicetus longirostris (type locality: 45503) |