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Phocageneus venustus

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodelphinidae

Taxonomy
Phocageneus venustus was named by Leidy (1869). Its type specimen is ANSP 11227, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Third and Fourth Streets, which is in a Serravallian coastal sandstone in the Calvert Formation of Virginia.

It was recombined as Delphinodon venustus by Trouessart (1898), Hay (1902), Trouessart (1904) and Hay (1930).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Phocageneus venustus Leidy p. 426
1898Delphinodon venustus Trouessart p. 1023
1902Delphinodon venustus Hay p. 591
1904Delphinodon venustus Trouessart p. 761
1930Delphinodon venustus Hay p. 588
1994Phocageneus venustus Gottfried et al. p. 233
2008Phocageneus venustus Uhen et al. p. 582
2008Phocageneus venustus Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 189
2014Phocageneus venustus Lambert et al. p. 989
2014Phocageneus venustus Tanaka and Fordyce p. 26
2023Phocageneus venustus Godfrey and Lambert p. 72

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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
—Platanidelphidi
familySqualodelphinidae()
genusPhocageneus
speciesvenustus

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.

†Phocageneus venustus Leidy 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.44000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Maryland) Phocageneus venustus (45511)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) Phocageneus venustus (18579)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Phocageneus venustus (type locality: 57114)