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Sachalinocetus cholmicus

Osteichthyes - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Sachalinocetus cholmicus was named by Siryk and Dubrovo (1970) [In the text, the name is attributed to Dubrovo only, rather than both authors.]. Its type specimen is AH CCCP 2798/1-12, a partial skeleton (skull & partial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sakhalin, which is in a Miocene/Miocene marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Sachalinocetus cholmicus Siryk and Dubrovo p. 128 figs. Fig. 2, 4
1971Sachalinocetus cholmicus Dubrovo
1994Sachalinocetus cholmicus Fordyce p. 172
2014Sachalinocetus cholmicus Tanaka and Fordyce

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

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.

†Sachalinocetus cholmicus Siryk and Dubrovo 1970
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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: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.04000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Russian Federation Sachalinocetus cholmicus (type locality: 13078)