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Idiorophus bolzanensis

Osteichthyes - Cetacea - Physeteridae

Taxonomy
Scaldicetus bolzanensis was named by Dal Piaz (1916) [no specimen number listed in Dal Piaz 1916: reported to be housed at all'Instituto Geological dell'Universita di Padova no specimen number listed in Dal Piaz 1916: reported to be housed at all'Instituto Geological dell'Universita di Padova]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bolzano, which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in Italy.

It was recombined as Idiorophus bolzanensis by Hampe (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Scaldicetus bolzanensis Dal Piaz p. 88 figs. Plate 1
2002Scaldicetus bolzanensis Kazár p. 163
2006Idiorophus bolzanensis Hampe p. 76

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
superfamilyPhyseteroidea
familyPhyseteridae
genusIdiorophus
speciesbolzanensis()

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 bolzanensis Dal Piaz 1916
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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: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Italy Scaldicetus bolzanensis (47623)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Scaldicetus bolzanensis (type locality: 47187)