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Ontocetus emmonsi
Taxonomy
Ontocetus emmonsi was named by Leidy (1859) [cast ANSP 11255]. Its type specimen is USNM 329064, a tooth (tusk), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Murfreesboro, which is in a Zanclean shallow subtidal sandstone in the Yorktown Formation of North Carolina.
It was recombined as Hoplocetus emmonsi by Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904).
It was recombined as Hoplocetus emmonsi by Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1859 | Ontocetus emmonsi Leidy p. 162 |
| 1865 | Trichecodon huxleyi Lankester p. 226 figs. Plates X-XI |
| 1867 | Alachtherium crestsii Du Bus p. 566 |
| 1869 | Ontocetus emmonsi Leidy p. 440 |
| 1874 | Alachtherium cretsii Vanden Broeck p. 199 |
| 1875 | Ontocetus emmonsii Cope p. 51 |
| 1880 | Trichechus huxleyi Lankester p. 144 |
| 1891 | Trichechus huxleyi Newton p. 17 |
| 1898 | Trichechus huxleyi Trouessart p. 376 |
| 1898 | Hoplocetus emmonsi Trouessart p. 1055 |
| 1902 | Ontocetus emmonsi Hay p. 596 |
| 1904 | Alachtherium cretsii Palmer p. 87 |
| 1904 | Trichechus huxleyi Trouessart p. 281 |
| 1904 | Hoplocetus emmonsi Trouessart p. 773 |
| 1906 | Prorosmarus alleni Berry and Gregory p. 444 figs. Fig. 1-2, 4a |
| 1907 | Trichechus antverpiensis Rutten p. 12 |
| 1909 | Alachtherium antwerpiensis Hasse p. 302 |
| 1922 | Alachtherium cretsii Kellogg p. 101 |
| 1922 | Prorosmarus alleni Kellogg p. 101 |
| 1922 | Trichecodon huxleyi Kellogg p. 102 |
| 1930 | Prorosmarus alleni Hay p. 559 |
| 1957 | Odobenus huxleyi Hooijer p. 255 |
| 1964 | Odobenus huxleyi Van Deinse p. 187 |
| 1964 | Alachtherium antverpiensis Van Deinse p. 194 |
| 1968 | Odobenus huxleyi Van Der Feen p. 24 |
| 1968 | Odobenus antverpiensis Van Der Feen p. 26 |
| 1975 | Ontocetus emmonsi Ray |
| 1977 | Alachtherium antverpiensis Repenning and Tedford p. 13 |
| 1989 | Trichecodon huxleyi Barnes p. 23 |
| 1994 | Alachtherium cretsii Deméré p. 118 |
| 1994 | Prorosmarus alleni Deméré p. 119 |
| 1994 | Odobenus huxleyi Deméré p. 121 |
| 1997 | Alachtherium africanum Geraads p. 155 figs. Fig. 15.1-3 |
| 1999 | Odobenus antverpiensis Bosscha Erdbrink and Van Bree p. 76 |
| 1999 | Odobenus cretsii Bosscha Erdbrink and Van Bree p. 76 |
| 1999 | Odobenus huxleyi Bosscha Erdbrink and Van Bree p. 76 |
| 1999 | Odobenus africanus Bosscha Erdbrink and Van Bree p. 80 |
| 2003 | Alachtherium cretsii Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3 |
| 2003 | Odobenus huxleyi Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3 |
| 2003 | Prorosmarus alleni Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3 |
| 2004 | Odobaenus huxleyi Post p. 73 |
| 2008 | Prorosmarus alleni Barnes p. 536 |
| 2008 | Trichecodon huxleyi Barnes p. 536 |
| 2008 | Ontocetus emmonsi Kohno and Ray p. 45 |
| 2010 | Ontocetus emmonsi Werdelin and Peigne p. 647 |
| 2018 | Ontocetus emmonsi Berta et al. p. 217 figs. Fig. 6 |
| 2018 | Ontocetus emmonsi Boessenecker et al. p. 282 |
| 2018 | Ontocetus emmonsi Magallanes et al. p. 30 figs. Figure 14 |
| 2019 | Ontocetus emmonsi Albright et al. p. 177 |
| 2020 | Ontocetus emmonsi Biewer et al. |
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†Ontocetus emmonsi Leidy 1859
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Invalid names: Alachtherium africanum Geraads 1997 [synonym], Alachtherium antverpiensis Rutten 1907 [synonym], Alachtherium cretsii Du Bus 1867 [synonym], Prorosmarus alleni Berry and Gregory 1906 [synonym], Trichecodon huxleyi Lankester 1865 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available