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Taxonomy
Pithanodelphis nasalis was named by Barnes (1985). Its type specimen is LACM 30093 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACM 5077, which is in a Tortonian marginal marine horizon in the Monterey Formation of California.
It was recombined as Atocetus nasalis by Muizon (1988), Ichishima et al. (1995), Dawson (1996), Uhen et al. (2008), Geisler et al. (2011) and Peredo et al. (2018).
It was recombined as Atocetus nasalis by Muizon (1988), Ichishima et al. (1995), Dawson (1996), Uhen et al. (2008), Geisler et al. (2011) and Peredo et al. (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1985 | Pithanodelphis nasalis Barnes p. 3 figs. Fig. 1-14 |
| 1988 | Pithanodelphis nasalis Barnes p. 8 |
| 1988 | Atocetus nasalis Muizon p. 130 |
| 1995 | Atocetus nasalis Ichishima et al. p. 487 |
| 1996 | Atocetus nasalis Dawson p. 132 |
| 2008 | Atocetus nasalis Uhen et al. p. 587 |
| 2011 | Atocetus nasalis Geisler et al. p. 5 figs. Table 1 |
| 2018 | Atocetus nasalis Peredo et al. p. 16 figs. Figure 10 |
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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.
†Atocetus nasalis Barnes 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Tortonian or 11.60800 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian | USA (California) | Atocetus nasalis (13300 225292 225297 225299) Pithanodelphis nasalis (type locality: 45462) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (California) | Pithanodelphis nasalis (45463) |