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Chonecetus yabukii

Mammalia - Cetacea - Aetiocetidae

Taxonomy
Morawanocetus yabukii was named by Barnes et al. (1995) [Ashoro Museum of Paleontology]. Its type specimen is AMP 1, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Morawan (Upper tuffaceous Siltstone Member), which is in a Chattian basinal (siliceous) siltstone in the Morawan Formation of Japan.

It was recombined as Chonecetus yabukii by Peredo and Pyenson (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Morawanocetus yabukii Barnes et al. pp. 407-410 figs. Fig. 13-14
2010Morawanocetus yabukii Fitzgerald p. 370 figs. Table 1
2015Morawanocetus yabukii Marx and Fordyce figs. Figure 2
2015Morawanocetus yabukii Tsai and Ando figs. Figure 5
2017Morawanocetus yabukii Tsai and Kohno
2018Morawanocetus yabukii Fordyce and Marx p. 5 figs. Fig. 4
2018Chonecetus yabukii Peredo and Pyenson p. 4

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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
familyAetiocetidae
genusChonecetus
speciesyabukii()

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.

Chonecetus yabukii Barnes et al. 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Japan (Hokkaido) Morawanocetus yabukii (type locality: 45786)