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Incacetus

Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae

Taxonomy
Incacetus was named by Colbert (1944) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m Sepkoski's reference number: 746]. It is not extant. Its type is Incacetus broggii.

It was assigned to Ziphiidae by Colbert (1944), Mead (1975), Carroll (1988); to Autoceta by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Kentriodontinae by de Muizon (1988), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Marx et al. (2016); and to Kentriodontidae by Ichishima et al. (1995), Cozzuol (1996), Berta (2017).

Species
I. broggii (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Incacetus Colbert
1975Incacetus Mead p. 750 figs. Table 1
1988Incacetus Carroll p. 643
1988Incacetus de Muizon p. 162
1995Incacetus Ichishima et al. p. 487
1996Incacetus Cozzuol p. 325
1997Incacetus McKenna and Bell p. 373
2001Incacetus Fordyce and de Muizon pp. 178-179
2002Incacetus Sepkoski
2016Incacetus Marx et al. p. 134
2017Incacetus Berta p. 163

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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
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
familyKentriodontidae
subfamilyKentriodontinae
genusIncacetus

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.

G. †Incacetus Colbert 1944
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†Incacetus broggii Colbert 1944
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-03-06 14:21:39
Modified: 2005-09-22 15:42:08
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Peru (Ica) I. broggii (45484)