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Mauicetus parki

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Lophocephalus parki was named by Benham (1937) [Otago University]. Its type specimen is OU C.'34.8, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Milburn Quarry, which is in a Chattian carbonate limestone in the Milburn Limestone Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Mauicetus parki by Benham (1939), Benham (1942), Harland et al. (1967), Keyes (1973), Fordyce (1980), Fordyce (1991), Fordyce (1992), Fordyce (2005), Fordyce and Roberts (2009), Marx and Fordyce (2015), Robinson et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Lophocephalus parki Benham p. 1
1939Mauicetus parki Benham p. 765
1942Mauicetus parki Benham p. 260
1967Mauicetus parki Harland et al. p. 774
1973Mauicetus parki Keyes p. 390
1980Mauicetus parki Fordyce p. iii figs. Table 2
1991Mauicetus parki Fordyce p. 1182
1992Mauicetus parki Fordyce p. 349
2005Mauicetus parki Fordyce p. 58A
2009Mauicetus parki Fordyce and Roberts p. 553
2015Mauicetus parki Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2
2024Mauicetus parki Robinson et al. p. 578

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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()
—Plicogulae
superfamilyBalaenopteroideaGray 1868
genusMauicetus
speciesparki()

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.

†Mauicetus parki Benham 1937
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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 Duntroonian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) Lophocephalus parki (45665)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04New Zealand (South Otago) Lophocephalus parki (type locality: 45653)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04New Zealand (North Otago) Mauicetus parki (45661)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04New Zealand (South Island) Mauicetus parki (173285)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (Southland) Lophocephalus parki (45666)