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Otradnocetus virodovi

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Otradnocetus virodovi was named by Mchedlidze (1984). Its type specimen is CO. I-90, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Otradnaja, which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

It was corrected as Otradnocetus viridovi by Goldin and Startsev (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Otradnocetus virodovi Mchedlidze p. 6 figs. Plates 1-32
1986Otradnocetus viridovi Pilleri p. 28
2014Otradnocetus viridovi Goldin and Startsev p. 420 figs. Figure 1
2018Otradnocetus virodovi Gol'din p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderMysticeti
Chaeomysticeti()
Plicogulae
superfamilyCetotherioidea
genusOtradnocetus
speciesvirodovi

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.

Otradnocetus virodovi Mchedlidze 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available