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Saurocetes

Mammalia - Cetacea - Iniidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Saurocetes Burmeister pp. 51-55
1889Saurocetes Ameghino p. 353
1891Saurocetes Ameghino p. 163
1891Pontoplanodes Ameghino p. 255
1891Saurodelphis Burmeister pp. 161-162
1894Pontoplanodes Ameghino p. 437
1898Pontoplanodes Trouessart p. 1015
1904Pontoplanodes Palmer p. 557
1904Saurodelphis Palmer p. 620
1904Pontoplanodes Trouessart p. 756
1915Saurodelphis Rovereto p. 143
1919Saurodelphis Abel p. 766
1921Saurodelphis Winge p. 8
1925Saurodelphis Zittel p. 87
1928Pontoplanodes Kellogg p. 32 figs. Table 1
1945Saurodelphis Simpson p. 101
1985Saurodelphis Cozzuol p. 43
1988Saurodelphis Carroll
1988Saurodelphis Cozzuol p. 39
1988Saurocetes de Muizon p. 162
1996Saurocetes Cozzuol p. 331
1997Saurodelphis McKenna and Bell p. 387
2001Saurocetes Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179
2001Saurocetes Hamilton et al. p. 554
2010Saurocetes Cozzuol p. 206
2012Saurocetes Geisler et al. p. 199
2017Saurocetes Berta p. 164

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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
infraorderDelphinida
superfamilyInioidea
familyIniidae()
genusSaurocetes

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. †Saurocetes Burmeister 1871
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Saurocetes argentinus Burmeister 1871
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Invalid names: Pontoplanodes obliquus Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Saurocetes obliquus Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Saurodelphis acutirostratus Rovereto 1915 [synonym]
Saurocetes gigas Cozzuol 1988
Invalid names: Saurodelphis Burmeister 1891 [synonym]
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 Huayquerian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 9.00000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Argentina (Entre Rios) S. argentinus, S. obliquus, Saurodelphis acutirostratus (13522)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) S. sp. (55602)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Uruguay S. argentinus (80364)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela S. sp. (92751)
Huayquerian9.0 - 6.8Argentina (Entre Rios) Saurodelphis gigas (55600)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) Saurodelphis sp. (213136)