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Phococetus vasconum

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Zeuglodon vasconum was named by Delfortrie (1873) [type in the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Bordeaux]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Saint-Medard-en-Jalle, which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in the Molasse of Saint Médard-en-Jalle Formation of France. It is the type species of Zeuglodon.

It was recombined as Phococetus vasconum by Gervais (1876), Trouessart (1898), Trouessart (1904), Abel (1914), Kellogg (1923), Kellogg (1936), Harland et al. (1967), Sanders et al. (1982), van Vliet (2004), Martínez-Cáceres et al. (2017) and Uhen (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Zeuglodon vasconum Delfortrie
1874Zeuglodon vasconum Brandt p. III
1876Phococetus vasconum Gervais p. 70
1894Zeuglodon vasconum Zittel p. 168
1898Phococetus vasconum Trouessart p. 1011
1903Zeuglodon vasconum Stromer p. 87
1904Phococetus vasconum Trouessart p. 755
1914Phococetus vasconum Abel p. 220
1923Phococetus vasconum Kellogg p. 36
1936Phococetus vasconum Kellogg p. 230
1967Phococetus vasconum Harland et al. p. 774
1982Phococetus vasconum Sanders et al. p. H118
2004Phococetus vasconum van Vliet p. 143
2017Phococetus vasconum Martínez-Cáceres et al. p. 13
2018Phococetus vasconum Uhen p. 79

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
genusPhococetus
speciesvasconum()

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.

†Phococetus vasconum Delfortrie 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-03-06 14:21:39
Modified: 2005-09-22 15:42:08
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Zeuglodon vasconum (type locality: 52061)