Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Phocaenopsis mantelli

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae

Taxonomy
Phocaenopsis mantelli was named by Huxley (1859). Its type specimen is BMNH M11091, a limb element (right humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Awamoa Creek, which is in an Altonian coastal horizon in the Mount Harris Formation of New Zealand.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Fordyce and de Muizon (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Phocaenopsis mantelli Huxley
1873Phocaenopsis mantelli Brandt p. 290
1898Phocaenopsis mantelli Trouessart p. 1043
1904Phocaenopsis mantelli Trouessart p. 769
1980Phocaenopsis mantelli Fordyce p. iii figs. Table 2
1981Phocaenopsis mantelli Fordyce p. 563
1991Phocaenopsis mantelli Fordyce p. 1182
2009Phocaenopsis mantelli Fordyce and Roberts p. 553

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
familyEurhinodelphinidae()
genusPhocaenopsis
speciesmantelli

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.

†Phocaenopsis mantelli Huxley 1859
show all | hide all
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: Altonian or 18.70000 to 15.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (North Otago) Phocaenopsis mantelli (type locality: 45662)