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Aporotus recurvirostris

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Taxonomy
Aporotus recurvirostris was named by Du Bus (1868). Its type specimen is IRSNB 3812-M.1887, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aporotus recurvirostris type locality, which is in a Serravallian/Tortonian marine horizon in Belgium.

It was recombined as Ziphirostrum recurvirostrum by Vanden Broeck (1874); it was synonymized subjectively with Mioziphius belgicus by Abel (1905).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Aporotus affinis Du Bus p. 626
1868Aporotus recurvirostris Du Bus p. 626
1874Ziphirostrum affinis Vanden Broeck p. 146
1874Ziphirostrum recurvirostrum Vanden Broeck p. 146
1880Aporotus affinis Van Beneden and Gervais p. 416
1880Aporotus recurvirostris Van Beneden and Gervais p. 416
1898Aporotus affinis Trouessart p. 1061
1898Aporotus recurvirostris Trouessart p. 1061
1904Aporotus affinis Trouessart p. 776
1904Aporotus recurvirostris Trouessart p. 776
2005Aporotus recurvirostris Lambert p. 483
2011Aporotus recurvirostris Buffrenil and Lambert p. 47
2016Aporotus recurvirostris Ramassamy p. 398 figs. Figure 17

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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
—Messapicetiformes
genusAporotus
speciesrecurvirostris

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.

†Aporotus recurvirostris Du Bus 1868
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Invalid names: Aporotus affinis Du Bus 1868 [synonym]
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 Serravallian to the top of the Tortonian or 13.82000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Belgium (Nijlen) Aporotus recurvirostris (53679)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) Aporotus recurvirostris (type locality: 232080)
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Belgium (Antwerpen) Aporotus affinis (47465)