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Eomysticetus whitmorei

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eomysticetidae

Taxonomy
Eomysticetus whitmorei was named by Sanders and Barnes (2002). Its type specimen is ChM PV4253, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Greenhurst, which is in a Chattian shoreface sandstone in the Chandler Bridge Formation of South Carolina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Eomysticetus whitmorei Sanders and Barnes pp. 315-340 figs. Fig. 3-22
2006Eomysticetus whitmorei Bouetel and Muizon p. 384
2008Eomysticetus whitmorei Uhen et al. p. 611
2011Eomysticetus whitmorei Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1
2011Eomysticetus whitmorei Marx p. 83 figs. Figure 2
2015Eomysticetus whitmorei Boessenecker and Fordyce
2015Eomysticetus whitmorei Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2
2016Eomysticetus whitmorei Fordyce and Marx p. 114 figs. Fig. 4
2017Eomysticetus whitmorei Boessenecker and Fordyce
2017Eomysticetus whitmorei Tsai and Kohno
2018Eomysticetus whitmorei Fordyce and Marx p. 5 figs. Fig. 4

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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
genusEomysticetus
specieswhitmorei

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.

Eomysticetus whitmorei Sanders and Barnes 2002
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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 - 23.03USA (South Carolina) Eomysticetus whitmorei (type locality: 45780)