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Argyrocetus

Mammalia - Cetacea

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Argyrocetus Lydekker p. 10
1901Argyrocetus Ameghino p. 80
1904Argyrocetus Palmer p. 120
1905Argyrocetus Abel p. 129
1915Argyrocetus Rovereto p. 143
1919Argyrocetus Abel p. 766
1921Argyrocetus Winge p. 35
1923Argyrocetus Miller p. 40
1925Argyrocetus Zittel p. 87
1928Argyrocetus Kellogg p. 33 figs. Table 1
1930Argyrocetus Hay p. 591
1935Doliodelphis Wilson p. 97 figs. Fig. 20-21
1945Argyrocetus Simpson p. 102
1973Doliodelphis Mitchell and Tedford p. 272
1977Argyrocetus Barnes p. 325
1979Argyrocetus Myrick p. 48
1988Argyrocetus Carroll
1988Argyrocetus Muizon p. 46
1990Argyrocetus Muizon p. 315 figs. Fig. 15
1993Argyrocetus Benton p. 761
1996Argyrocetus Bianucci p. 65
1996Argyrocetus Cozzuol p. 325
1997Argyrocetus McKenna and Bell p. 374
2001Argyrocetus Fordyce and de Muizon p. 178
2002Argyrocetus Bianucci and Landini p. 21
2002Argyrocetus Sepkoski
2002Doliodelphis Sepkoski
2003Argyrocetus Geisler and Sanders p. 28
2008Argyrocetus Uhen et al. p. 571
2015Argyrocetus Lambert et al. p. 98 figs. Figure 13
2017Argyrocetus Berta p. 160

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
genusArgyrocetus

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.

G. †Argyrocetus Lydekker 1894
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Argyrocetus joaquinensis Kellogg 1932
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Invalid names: Doliodelphis littlei Wilson 1935 [synonym], Eurhinodelphis extensus Wilson 1935 [synonym]
Argyrocetus patagonicus Lydekker 1894
Invalid names: Doliodelphis Wilson 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. D. Uhen et al. 2008Differs from all living Odontoceti in having well-developed nasals overhanging the narial cavity. The nasals are large squared bones articulated by a broad base with the frontals, and projecting over the narial aperture, where they terminate in a nearly straight transverse edge, while their inferior surface is regularly beveled from the thickened base to the sharp anterior edge (Lydekker, 1894).
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: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-03-06 14:21:39
Modified: 2005-09-22 15:42:08
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Tortonian or 28.10000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) Acrodelphis bakersfieldensis, A. joaquinensis (11601) A. joaquinensis (57789) Doliodelphis littlei, Acrodelphis bakersfieldensis, Eurhinodelphis extensus (58148)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (California) A. sp. (75776)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy A. sp. (52152)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Argentina (Chubut) A. patagonicus (45886)
Burdigalian - Messinian20.44 - 5.333Italy (Apulia) A. sp. (47125)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) A. sp. (52216)