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Idiocetus guicciardinii

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae

Taxonomy
Idiocetus guicciardinii was named by Capellini (1876) [no type specimen listed in Capellini (1876). IGF = Florence Museum of Paleontology]. Its type specimen is IFG 16996 V, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Montopoli, Lower Valdarno, which is in a Villafranchian terrestrial mudstone in Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Idiocetus guicciardinii Capellini p. 12
1898Idiocetus guicciardinii Trouessart p. 1076
1904Idiocetus guicciardini Trouessart p. 782
1905Idiocetus guicciardinii Capellini p. 74
1987Idiocetus guicciardinii Pilleri p. 77
2010Idiocetus guicciardinii Steeman p. 75
2014Idiocetus guicciardinii Cioppi p. 88

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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
suborderMysticeti
—Chaeomysticeti()
—Balaenomorpha
superfamilyBalaenoidea
familyBalaenidae()
genusIdiocetus
speciesguicciardinii

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.

†Idiocetus guicciardinii Capellini 1876
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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: suspension feederf
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991

Age range: Villafranchian or 3.55000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Italy (Pisa) Idiocetus guicciardinii (type locality: 44089)