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Mesocetus hungaricus

Osteichthyes - Cetacea - Tranatocetidae

Taxonomy
Mesocetus hungaricus was named by Kadic (1904). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Borbolya, which is in a Badenian marine horizon in Austria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. longifrons, M. pusillus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Mesocetus hungaricus Kadic p. 216
1907Mesocetus hungaricus Kadic p. 31 figs. Fig. 3-70, Plate 1-3
1937Mesocetus hungaricus Pia p. 389
1938Mesocetus hungaricus Abel p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
—Plicogulae
familyTranatocetidae
genusMesocetus
specieshungaricus

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.

†Mesocetus hungaricus Kadic 1904
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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: carnivoresubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-03-06 14:20:41
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:34:40
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Badenian to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 13.82000 to 11.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Austria Mesocetus hungaricus (type locality: 56462)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Slovakia Mesocetus hungaricus (69712)
Pannonian11.63 - 7.246Hungary Mesocetus hungaricus (237418)