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Metopocetus durinasus

Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae

Taxonomy
Metopocetus durinasus was named by Cope (1896). Its type specimen is USNM 8518, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nomini Cliffs, Zone 14-16, which is in a Serravallian foreshore claystone in the Calvert Formation of Virginia. It is the type species of Metopocetus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Metopocetus durinasus Cope p. 141 figs. Plate XI, Fig. 3
1898Metopocetus durinasus Trouessart p. 1069
1902Metopocetus durinasus Hay p. 598
1904Metopocetus durinasus Case p. 36
1904Metopocetus durinasus Trouessart p. 779
1930Metopocetus durinasus Hay p. 573
1938Metopocetus durinasus Abel p. 8
2005Metopocetus durinasus Bouetel p. 139
2006Metopocetus durinasus Bouetel and Muizon p. 385
2007Metopocetus durinasus Bisconti p. 1109
2008Metopocetus durinasus Uhen et al. p. 613
2011Metopocetus durinasus Marx p. 83 figs. Figure 2
2013Metopocetus durinasus Bisconti et al. p. 121
2014Metopocetus durinasus Goldin and Startsev p. 419 figs. Figure 13
2015Metopocetus durinasus Gol'din and Steeman p. 13 figs. Figure 10
2015Metopocetus durinasus Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2
2016Metopocetus durinasus Marx et al. p. 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()
familyCetotheriidae()
genusMetopocetus
speciesdurinasus

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.

†Metopocetus durinasus Cope 1896
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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: Serravallian or 13.82000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Metopocetus durinasus (type locality: 71798 126605)