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Supayacetus muizoni
Taxonomy
Supayacetus muizoni was named by Uhen et al. (2011). Its type specimen is MUSM 1465, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Archaeocete Valley, Paracas, AV-17, which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone in the Paracas Formation of Peru.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2011 | Supayacetus muizoni Uhen et al. p. 960 figs. Figures 5, 6 |
| 2018 | Supayacetus muizoni Uhen |
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†Supayacetus muizoni Uhen et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. D. Uhen et al. 2011 | Supayacetus is distinguished from all other fossil cetaceans by the unique combination of the following characters: manubrium of the sternum T-shaped with a rodshaped mesosternal element; cheek teeth bearing two posterior accessory denticles; scapula broadly fan-shaped with a large infraspinous fossa, humerus has a large, hemispherical head, well-defined greater and lesser tuberosities, a long deltopectoral crest, and an anteroposteriorly broad shaft; larger than Protocetus Fraas 1904, based on the size of the preserved cranium, with a much more square bulla in ventral view; and comparatively small size of its skull and vertebrae, compared with other known basilosaurids (Figs. 6, 7). |
Measurements
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| Reference: Uhen 2004 | |||||