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Saurocetes argentinus

Mammalia - Cetacea - Iniidae

Taxonomy
Saurocetes argentinus was named by Burmeister (1871). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rio Parana, which is in a Tortonian marginal marine horizon in the Entre Rios Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Pontoplanodes.

It was recombined as Saurodelphis argentinus by Burmeister (1891), Burmeister (1891), Abel (1901), Pilleri and Gihr (1979) and Cozzuol (1985); it was recombined as Pontoplanodes argentinus by Ameghino (1891), Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Saurocetes argentinus Burmeister p. 8 fig. 55
1880Saurocetes argentinus Gervais and Ameghino p. 224
1882Saurocetes argentinus Doering p. 455
1889Saurocetes argentinus Ameghino p. 353
1891Pontoplanodes obliquus Ameghino
1891Saurocetes obliquus Ameghino
1891Pontoplanodes argentinus Ameghino p. 255
1891Saurodelphis argentinus Burmeister
1898Pontoplanodes argentinus Trouessart p. 1015
1898Pontoplanodes obliquus Trouessart p. 1016
1901Saurodelphis argentinus Abel p. 10
1904Pontoplanodes argentinus Trouessart p. 756
1904Pontoplanodes obliquus Trouessart p. 757
1915Saurodelphis acutirostratus Rovereto
1979Saurodelphis argentinus Pilleri and Gihr p. 31
1979Saurodelphis obliquus Pilleri and Gihr p. 31
1985Saurodelphis argentinus Cozzuol p. 43
1996Saurocetes argentinus Cozzuol p. 331
2010Saurocetes argentinus Cozzuol p. 206
2012Saurocetes argentinus Geisler et al. p. 199

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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
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
superfamilyInioidea
familyIniidae()
genusSaurocetes
speciesargentinusBurmeister 1871

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.

†Saurocetes argentinus Burmeister 1871
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Invalid names: Pontoplanodes obliquus Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Saurocetes obliquus Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Saurodelphis acutirostratus Rovereto 1915 [synonym]
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 Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Tortonian or 11.60800 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Argentina (Entre Rios) Saurocetes argentinus, Saurocetes obliquus, Saurodelphis acutirostratus (type locality: 13522)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Uruguay Saurocetes argentinus (80364)