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Mesocetus longirostris
Taxonomy
Mesocetus longirostris was named by Van Beneden (1880) [no type specimen listen in Van Beneden (1880); syntype after Steeman (2010)]. Its type specimen is syntype IRScNB CtM 548 a-b/Reg 1539, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Borgerhout, Miocene, which is in a Tortonian/Messinian marine sandstone in the Sables d'Anvers Formation of Belgium. It is the type species of Mesocetus.
It was recombined as Plesiocetus longirostris by Van Deinse (1931); it was considered a nomen dubium by Steeman (2010).
It was recombined as Plesiocetus longirostris by Van Deinse (1931); it was considered a nomen dubium by Steeman (2010).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1880 | Mesocetus longirostris Van Beneden p. 22 |
1898 | Mesocetus longirostris Trouessart p. 1076 |
1902 | Mesocetus longirostris Hay p. 600 |
1904 | Mesocetus longirostris Trouessart p. 781 |
1931 | Plesiocetus longirostris Van Deinse p. 133 |
1938 | Mesocetus longirostris Abel p. 5 |
2007 | Mesocetus longirostris Bisconti p. 1109 |
2008 | Mesocetus longirostris Uhen et al. p. 615 |
2015 | Mesocetus longirostris Gol'din and Steeman p. 6 |
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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.
†Mesocetus longirostris Van Beneden 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Reference: Uhen 2004 |
Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 13.82000 to 11.60800 Ma
Collections (4 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Middle Miocene | Netherlands | Mesocetus longirostris (192727) | |
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Netherlands | Mesocetus longirostris (189573) | |
Serravallian | Netherlands | Mesocetus longirostris, Plesiocetus longirostris (75152) | |
Tortonian - Messinian | Belgium (Antwerpen) | Mesocetus longirostris (type locality: 67022) |