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Ancalecetus simonsi

Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae

Taxonomy
Ancalecetus simonsi was named by Gingerich and Uhen (1996). Its type specimen is CGM 42290, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wadi Hitan ZV-81, which is in a Priabonian shoreface sandstone in the Birket Qarun Formation of Egypt. It is the type species of Ancalecetus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Ancalecetus simonsi Gingerich and Uhen p. 353
2002Ancalecetus simonsi Uhen p. 79
2004Ancalecetus simonsi Uhen p. 12
2004Ancalecetus simonsi van Vliet p. 143
2008Ancalecetus simonsi Gingerich p. 109 figs. Table 1
2008Ancalecetus simonsi McLeod and Barnes p. 93
2009Ancalecetus simonsi Uhen p. 93
2011Ancalecetus simonsi Schouten p. 18
2018Ancalecetus simonsi Uhen

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

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.

Ancalecetus simonsi Gingerich and Uhen 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available