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Preaulophyseter gualichensis

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Preaulophyseter gualichensis was named by Caviglia and Jorge (1980). Its type specimen is MLP 76-IX-5-1 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Puesto Echavez, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene marine horizon in the Gran Bajo del Gualicho Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Preaulophyseter gualichensis Caviglia and Jorge p. 364
2002Preaulophyseter gualichensis Kazár p. 163
2011Preaulophyseter gualichensis Perez et al. p. 648

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

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.

†Preaulophyseter gualichensis Caviglia and Jorge 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available