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Micromysticetus tobieni

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eomysticetidae

Taxonomy
Cetotheriopsis tobieni was named by Rothausen (1971). Its type specimen is JGU P1289, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lank Latum, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Meeressande Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Micromysticetus tobieni by Sanders and Barnes (2002), Uhen et al. (2008), Boessenecker and Fordyce (2017) and Tsai and Kohno (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Cetotheriopsis tobieni Rothausen pp. 135-139 figs. Fig. 2-3
2002Micromysticetus tobieni Sanders and Barnes p. 274
2008Micromysticetus tobieni Uhen et al. p. 612
2017Micromysticetus tobieni Boessenecker and Fordyce
2017Micromysticetus tobieni Tsai and Kohno

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderMysticeti
Chaeomysticeti()
familyEomysticetidae
genusMicromysticetus
speciestobieni()

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.

Micromysticetus tobieni Rothausen 1971
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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: Chattian or 28.10000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany Cetotheriopsis tobieni (type locality: 45776)