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Physeter antiquus

Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae

Taxonomy
Physeter antiquus was named by Gervais (1849). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Montpellier, which is in a Zanclean marine sandstone in the Sables à Gryphaea virleti Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Physeter antiquus Gervais
1853Physeter antiquus Pictet p. 386
1859Physeter antiquus Gervais p. 285
1861Physeter antiquus Gervais p. 122
1880Physeter antiquus Van Beneden and Gervais p. 329
1887Physeter antiquus Depéret p. 274
1904Physeter antiquus Trouessart p. 774
1906Physeter antiquus Joleaud p. 380

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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
suborderOdontoceti
superfamilyPhyseteroidea
familyPhyseteridae
genusPhyseter
speciesantiquus

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.

Physeter antiquus Gervais 1849
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Diagnosis
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