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Anoplonassa forcipata

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Taxonomy
Anoplonassa forcipata was named by Cope (1869). Its type specimen is MCZ 8766, a partial skull (rostrum), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Savannah, near, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene marine horizon in Georgia. It is the type species of Anoplonassa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Anoplonassa forcipata Cope p. 189 figs. Plate V, Fig. 5
1869Anoplonassa forcipata Leidy p. 436
1880Anoplonassa forcipata Van Beneden and Gervais p. 386
1898Anoplonassa forcipata Trouessart p. 1003
1902Anoplonassa forcipata Hay p. 597
1904Anoplonassa forcipata Palmer p. 106
1904Anoplonassa forcipata Trouessart p. 775
1930Anoplonassa forcipata Hay p. 584
2008Anoplonassa forcipata Uhen et al. p. 578

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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
—Amblyoccipita
—Stegoceti
familyZiphiidae
genusAnoplonassa
speciesforcipata

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.

†Anoplonassa forcipata Cope 1869
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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: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:10
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Anoplonassa forcipata (type locality: 51589)