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Cephalotropis coronatus

Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae

Taxonomy
Cephalotropis coronatus was named by Cope (1896) [also noted in Cope (1896), Science vol. 3 no. 76 p. 880]. Its type specimen is USNM 9352 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Colony Cliffs, which is in a Tortonian offshore shelf claystone in the St Marys Formation of Maryland. It is the type species of Cephalotropis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Cephalotropis coronatus Cope p. 143
1898Cephalotropis coronatus Trouessart p. 1069
1902Cephalotropus coronatus Hay p. 598
1904Cephalotropis coronatus Case p. 39
1904Cephalotropus coronatus Trouessart p. 779
1930Cephalotropis coronatus Hay p. 573
1938Cephalotropis coronatus Abel p. 8
1994Cephalotropis coronatus Gottfried et al. p. 233
2008Cephalotropis coronatus Uhen et al. p. 614
2015Cephalotropis coronatus Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2
2016Cephalotropis coronatus Marx et al. p. 22 figs. Figure 10

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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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderMysticeti
Chaeomysticeti()
familyCetotheriidae()
genusCephalotropis
speciescoronatus

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.

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Diagnosis
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