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Vampalus sayasanicus

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Vampalus sayasanicus was named by Tarasenko and Lopatin (2012) [PIN, no. 5341, skeleton, including no. 5341/1, incomplete skull; no. 5341/2, left tym􏰀 panic bulla; no. 5341/3, right tympanic bulla; no. 5341/4, right petrosal; no. 5341/5, fragment of the right and left maxillae; nos. 5341/6, 7, left and right mandibular rami; nos. 5341/8–32, 39, 40, vertebrae; no. 5341/33, right humerus; no. 5341/34, left humerus; no. 5341/35, left radius; no. 5341/36, left scapula fragment; no. 5341/37, rib fragments; and no. 5341/38, left ulna]. Its type specimen is PIN 5341, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Saysaan, which is in a Miocene/Miocene marine horizon in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Vampalus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Vampalus sayasanicus Tarasenko and Lopatin p. 621 figs. Plate 12, Fig. 1

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderMysticeti
—Chaeomysticeti()
subfamilyCetotheriidae()
genusVampalus
speciessayasanicus

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.

†Vampalus sayasanicus Tarasenko and Lopatin 2012
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. K. Tarasenko and A. V. Lopatin 2012V. helmerseni differs from V. sayasanicus in the wider base of the postglenoid processes, the short zygomatic processes of the squamosals, the wide zygomo-postglenoid angle, the smaller petrosal body, and the wider posterior process of the petrosal.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-03-06 14:20:41
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:34:40
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 15.98000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333Russian Federation (Chechen Republic) Vampalus sayasanicus (type locality: 143370)