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Idiorophus patagonicus

Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae

Taxonomy
Physodon patagonicus was named by Lydekker (1894) [no type specimen listed by Lydekker 1894]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bryn Gwyn, which is in a Burdigalian marine siltstone/sandstone in the Gaiman Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Apenophyseter patagonicus by Cabrera (1926); it was recombined as Idiorophus patagonicus by Kellogg (1925), Kellogg (1942), Cozzuol (1996), Kazár (2002), Hampe (2006) and Perez et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Physodon patagonicus Lydekker p. 4 figs. Fig. 2
1898Physodon patagonicus Trouessart p. 1054
1901Physodon patagonicus Ameghino p. 80
1904Physodon patagonicus Trouessart p. 773
1925Idiorophus patagonicus Kellogg p. 6
1926Apenophyseter patagonicus Cabrera p. 406
1942Idiorophus patagonicus Kellogg p. 448
1996Idiorophus patagonicus Cozzuol p. 324
2002Idiorophus patagonicus Kazár p. 163
2006Idiorophus patagonicus Hampe p. 76
2011Idiorophus patagonicus Perez et al. p. 648

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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
suborderOdontoceti
superfamilyPhyseteroidea
familyPhyseteridae
genusIdiorophus
speciespatagonicus()

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.

†Idiorophus patagonicus Lydekker 1894
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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 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Argentina (Chubut) Physodon patagonicus (type locality: 45886)