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Eocetus schweinfurthi
Taxonomy
Mesocetus schweinfurthi was named by Fraas (1904). Its type specimen is SMNS 10986, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Schweinfurth locality IV, Gebel Mokattam, which is in a Bartonian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Giushi Formation of Egypt.
It was recombined as Eocetus schweinfurthi by Fraas (1904), Stromer (1908), Abel (1914), Uhen (1999), Uhen (2001), van Vliet (2004), McLeod and Barnes (2008), Uhen (2008), Gingerich (2008), Uhen et al. (2011), Goldin and Zvonok (2013) and Gingerich and Zouhri (2015).
It was recombined as Eocetus schweinfurthi by Fraas (1904), Stromer (1908), Abel (1914), Uhen (1999), Uhen (2001), van Vliet (2004), McLeod and Barnes (2008), Uhen (2008), Gingerich (2008), Uhen et al. (2011), Goldin and Zvonok (2013) and Gingerich and Zouhri (2015).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1904 | Mesocetus schweinfurthi Fraas p. 21 |
1904 | Eocetus schweinfurthi Fraas p. 374 |
1908 | Eocetus schweinfurthi Stromer p. 4 |
1914 | Eocetus schweinfurthi Abel p. 220 |
1999 | Eocetus schweinfurthi Uhen p. 514 |
2001 | Eocetus schweinfurthi Uhen p. 136 |
2004 | Eocetus schweinfurthi van Vliet p. 143 |
2008 | Eocetus schweinfurthi Gingerich p. 109 figs. Table 1 |
2008 | Eocetus schweinfurthi McLeod and Barnes p. 93 |
2008 | Eocetus schweinfurthi Uhen p. 560 |
2011 | Eocetus schweinfurthi Uhen et al. p. 966 figs. Figure 10 |
2013 | Eocetus schweinfurthi Goldin and Zvonok p. 262 |
2015 | Eocetus schweinfurthi Gingerich and Zouhri p. 282 |
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†Eocetus schweinfurthi Fraas 1904
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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M. D. Uhen 2001 | Eocetus schweinfurthi differs from Eocetus wardii in having a dorsoventrally thinner rostrum and having laterally flaring incisor alveoli, which E. wardii lacks. The embrasure pits located posterior to I3 and C1 on the premaxillae are also more deeply incised in E. schweinfurthi than they are in E. wardii. |