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Nannolithax gracilis

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Nannolithax gracilis was named by Kellogg (1931). Its type specimen is USNM 11569, an other (periotic), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sharktooth Hill, which is in a Langhian shoreface siltstone in the Temblor Formation of California. It is the type species of Nannolithax.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Nannolithax gracilis Kellogg p. 386 figs. 123, 124
1977Nannolithax gracilis Barnes p. 327 figs. Table 3
2008Nannolithax gracilis Uhen et al. p. 585

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

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.

†Nannolithax gracilis Kellogg 1931
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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 Langhian to the top of the Tortonian or 15.98000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (California) Nannolithax gracilis (type locality: 13297)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Maine-et-Loire) Nannolithax gracilis (148396)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) Nannolithax gracilis (54136)