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Macrokentriodon morani

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Macrokentriodon morani was named by Dawson (1996) [Calvert Marine Museum ]. Its type specimen is CMM V-15, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is South of Camp Conoy Road, Zone 17-18, which is in a Serravallian shoreface sandstone in the Choptank Formation of Maryland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Macrokentriodon morani Dawson p. 135 figs. Fig. 1-4
2008Macrokentriodon morani Uhen et al. p. 589
2018Macrokentriodon morani Peredo et al. p. 16 figs. Figure 10
2023Macrokentriodon morani Godfrey and Lambert p. 118

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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
genusMacrokentriodon
speciesmorani

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.

Macrokentriodon morani Dawson 1996
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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: Serravallian or 13.82000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Macrokentriodon morani (type locality: 37348)