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Cetotherium furlongi

Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae

Taxonomy
Cetotherium furlongi was named by Kellogg (1925). Its type specimen is USNM 26521, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Stone Canyon, which is in a Burdigalian deltaic sandstone/coal in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. hupschii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Cetotherium furlongi Kellogg p. 38 figs. Fig. 2-6
1930Cetotherium furlongi Hay p. 572
1938Cetotherium furlongi Abel p. 9
1977Cetotherium furlongi Barnes p. 325
2008Cetotherium furlongi Uhen et al. p. 612
2012Cetotherium furlongi Tarasenko and Lopatin p. 532

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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()
familyCetotheriidae()
subfamilyCetotheriinae
genusCetotherium
speciesfurlongi

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.

†Cetotherium furlongi Kellogg 1925
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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: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (California) Cetotherium furlongi (type locality: 45496)